Owen Anderson Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Kimric Smythe of Smythe's Accordion Center gave me a sticker made from this historic magazine cover, and I absolutely love it. I have no idea why the American GI has a concertina (or a monkey on his shoulder), but the energy is just great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Interesting. See this item I posted 17 years ago: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 8 hours ago, Owen Anderson said: Kimric Smythe of Smythe's Accordion Center gave me a sticker made from this historic magazine cover, and I absolutely love it. I have no idea why the American GI has a concertina (or a monkey on his shoulder), but the energy is just great. It seems to depict "the GI as a busker" - in that street musicians (especially Italian ones) were typically depicted as having a macaca/macaque monkey to help draw/entertain the crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just now, David Barnert said: Interesting. See this item I posted 17 years ago: Hmmm... "The GI with concertina and turtles" 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 From the magazine this would appear to be from the time of WW2. Ironic then that the American soldier is playing a German concertina! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Thorne Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 9:19 AM, Theo said: From the magazine this would appear to be from the time of WW2. Ironic then that the American soldier is playing a German concertina! Spoils of war? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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