So, occasionally we get things in that are not strictly paper based. An example of the range of ephemera that Poster Mountain is experienced with are canvas banners and over the years Poster Mountain has done a few of these. The project we are featuring this week is a Depression era Punch and Judy circus banner. A brief history lesson on "Punch and Judy". Punch and Judy were a puppet show that evolved in Europe over several centuries and gained popularity in the 18th and 19th century as a kids show. Punch was the protagonist and Judy was a supporting character. The show followed a pretty simple, if non-sensical plot. Punch would get into mischief of one kind or another, would be caught and then an attempt to arrest him would be made by a policeman puppet. Punch would invariably end up outwitting his pursuers in a scrappy and usually violent way. Judy was his shrewish wife who was almost as abusive to Punch as Punch was to her. Over the years new chara...