Vintage Clowns

A collection of colorful and whimsical vintage clown portraits featuring various styles, costumes, and amusing expressions, evoking a lively carnival atmosphere.

1970s CIRCUS CLOWN SMILING LOOKING AT CAMERA

Portrait of a clown

1970s SILLY WHITE FACE RED NOSE CLOWN LOOKING AT CAMERA WEARING TOP HAT ORANGE HAIR WIG PLAID JACKET AND RED RIBBON NECK TIE

Vintage Photograph. Cheerful clown resting at a colorful carnival.

1960s FAT OVERWEIGHT SURPRISED CLOWN CHECKING HIS HEALTH LISTENING TO HIS HEART WITH A MEDICAL STETHOSCOPE

1970s CIRCUS CLOWN SMILING LOOKING AT CAMERA

Vintage Clowns

Vintage photograph. Portrait of clown in silly hat with shocked expression.

Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Man dressed up as joker, jodhpur, rajasthan, india, asia Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotox

Vintage Photograph. Clown with a red nose and colorful costume brings joy to the circus.

Vintage Photograph. Colorful carnival clown resting on hay bale with vibrant cotton candy sign in background.

Joker in circus, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India MR 746B Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotox

Close-up of a clown holding a flower

Portrait of a clown with makeup for a children's show

Low angle view of a person dressed in a jester's outfit, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

balloon magic

A clown at the 16th International Clown Convention.

Punch from the puppet show Punch and Judy on stage smiling proudly

Original Pupo Siciliano (Sicilian puppets, Italy). The Sicilian puppets theatre is UNESCO Heritage.

England, London. A frightening clown mask on a dummy.

An evangelical Christian clown returns to Oaxaca City by taxi following a performance at a rodeo in Zimatlan de Alvarez, Mexico.

A clown

clown - portrait

Basler Fasnacht, Carnival of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Europe

1960s HOBO STYLE CLOWN WATERING DAISY GROWING OUT OF TOP HAT WITH TINY GARDENING CAN FUNNY GROWTH NURTURE PERFORMER WORK

Carnival, Fasnet, Masks

Portrait of a clown with makeup for a children's show

Poster of joker on entrance of Empire Circus ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra ; India

SWITZERLAND, BASEL: Fasnacht Carnival Fasnacht Costume Masks

Mars Attacks ! , 1996 directed by Tim Burton WARNER BROS. PICTURES

LON CHANEY in LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH (1928), directed by HERBERT BRENON.

Punch from the classic puppet show Punch and Judy standing on stage

ROBERT ENGLUND in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM CHILD (1989), directed by STEPHEN HOPKINS.

PAYASO - 2007. Author: JORGE GALINDO. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

sinister looking clown

Revelers take part in the Zombie Walk, marking Day of the Dead in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.

Funland, North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA, John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive, 1978

Close-up of a scarecrow

BILL SKARSGARD in IT (2017), directed by ANDRES MUSCHIETTI.

Australia, New South Wales (NSW), North Sydney. Luna Park Amusement Park entrance / Milson's Point.

Asia, Thailand, Bangkok, Art and Culture Center

JUJU DANCE, CAMEROON. Mount Oku, Bamenda Highlands. Juju Dance for the environment. Juju dancers, dressed as forest animals, depict the destruction of the forest. . Juju is an intrinsic part of the culture and promotes a powerful conservation message to the audience.

MARTINIQUE. French Antilles. West Indies. Fort-de-France. Red Devil (symbol of Carnival in Martinique) in parade during Carnival. (Editorial Usage Only)

CHILD'S PLAY (1988), directed by TOM HOLLAND.

Vienna, Austria. Scary clown at house of horrors ride at The Prater Amusement park. (Editorial Use Only)

Model in lady of death costume suit dancing on music

NIGHTBREED (1990), directed by CLIVE BARKER. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

CORPSE BRIDE (2005), directed by TIM BURTON and MIKE JOHNSON.

A clown at the 16th International Clown Convention.

Portrait of a Werewolf Wolfman screaming and showing fangs. Man in Halloween costume on white background

Wax statue of Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Louis Tussaud`s Waxworks

Portrait of a Werewolf Wolfman screaming and showing fangs. Man in Halloween costume on gray background

Masked people walking through the streets of Basel at "Basler Fasnet" carnival, Basel, Switzerland, Europe

KRISTINE KUJATH THORP in SICK OF MYSELF (2022) -Original title: SYK PIKE-, directed by KRISTOFFER BORGLI.

Low angle view of a person wearing masks

Female clown: Pink hair, balloons (MR)

SEED OF CHUCKY (2004), directed by DON MANCINI.

twin clowns

PAYASO - 2007. Author: JORGE GALINDO. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Vintage photograph. Portrait of clown in silly hat with shocked expression.

STAR WARS: EPISODE I-THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999), directed by GEORGE LUCAS.

UK, England, Somerset, Weston-Super-Mare, Weston-Super-Mare Museum, Vintage Punch and Judy Show Booth

THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO (1996), directed by STEVE BARRON.

Low angle view of a man wearing a mask

Clown-Puppe mit buntem Kostüm auf Karneval Clown-Puppe mit buntem Kostüm auf Karneval

Madrid, 03/29/2016. DC Comics exhibition at the Fernán Gómez cultural center. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

JIM CARREY in THE MASK (1994), directed by CHUCK RUSSELL.

New York, New York: c. 1952 A portrait of Clarabell the Clown, the mute patner of Howdy Doody of the popular children's NBC television show, 'The Howdy Doody Show'.

Punch from the classic puppet show Punch and Judy threatens the Devil with a weapon

Basler Fasnacht, Carnival of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Europe

North America, USA, California, San Francisco, Musee Mechanique, Laughing Sal from Playland at the Beach

Vienna, Austria. Antique mechanical arcade amusements at the Prater. (Editorial Use Only)

Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey Circus clown Jackie Le Claire presents a gift for Caroline Kennedy (CBK), with David Polland and Hortense Burton (John J. McNally). Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey Circus clown, Jackie LeClaire, stands with a toy stuffed giraffe he is presenting as a gift for Caroline Kennedy. East Wing, White House, Washington, D.C.

Fool, fat man in free fall, cartoon character

AAAAH! (2023), directed by OSMAN CERFON.

CHILD'S PLAY (1988), directed by TOM HOLLAND.

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (1996), directed by HENRY SELICK.

Clown Dimitri backstage applying make-up.

A clown watching confetti fall on stage

Person dressed as clown , Clowns. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Low angle view of a Zombie

Vintage photograph. Portrait of clown wearing silly hat and smiling wide.

Rows of Halloween masks on sale, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Durango, Colorado, USA. (Editorial Use Only)

Laughing Clowns Side-show, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand

Gammel dukke set bagfra på sort baggrund.

A boy dressed as The Joker for Halloween Night.

Nutcracker Close-up

Low angle view of a woman wearing a carnival mask

An emotional clown

NIGEL LUNGHI in DR. PLONK (2007), directed by ROLF DE HEER.

Portrait mask of Swabian-Alemannic carnival, Laupheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

CORPSE BRIDE (2005), directed by TIM BURTON and MIKE JOHNSON.

Japan, Arts, Performance, Bunraku Puppet Male Character Appearing From Behind Curtains With Puppeteer Partly Seen At Side.

Falla of Oliver Hardy during Fallas Festival; Valencia, Spain

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