What is this 1920s(Makes joke about a flapper & a old maid) painted/drawn ad? A radio show promo?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by journeymagazine, Nov 23, 2021.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Found this today - it looks circa 1920s - because of the look + the mention of flapper - and has the names Cromwell Knox and Sydney Tivoli.
    Is it a ad for a show(radio?) - I ask because in bottom right where the artist's signature would be is a measurement & note (4 1/2" wide cut off)

    What is this?
    Thank you for any help!

    ART PAINTING ON AND OFF FLAPPERS 1AA.JPG ART PAINTING ON AND OFF FLAPPERS 2AA.JPG ART PAINTING ON AND OFF FLAPPERS 3AA.JPG
     
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Can't find anything to connect the names Cromwell Knox or Sydney Tivoli to real people.
     
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  3. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    I'm finding references to Sydney Tivoli as an Australian vaudeville theater.
     
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  4. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    This is from a 1903 paper, which is well before flappers, but maybe it was an annual (or revived) revue:

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  5. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Cromwell Knox might be this guy (or his brother):
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Yes, a theater. Hence spelling and quotation marks. So Vaudevillian Cromwell Knox. Golf clubs must have been props for his act.

    Debora
     
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    Debora Well-Known Member

  8. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Thank you all!
    PS - so this is probably an ad for a newspaper right?
     
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    Debora Well-Known Member

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    Debora Well-Known Member

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