Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Sculpture of Strongman Louis Cyr lead This is the second of

This is the second of these wonderful old push button boxing toys I've found--how to resist

since the moment I saw it (at the Wellesley

I believe it is quite old and made of walnut

with terrific backs featuring a young Hawaiian woman with cards spread out in front of her and a lei around her neck

Note: the photo of the painting with frame shows a glare on the glass

Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Sculpture of Strongman Louis Cyr lead This is the second ofAt first I was thinking of this guy as a sort of beefy bathing beauty (!), but thanks to a handy attribution written by his maker on the back of the base, I realized he is famous Canadian strongman Louis Cyr (1863 1912), whose recorded feats included lifting 500 pounds with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds! Born Cyprien No Cyr in Saint Cyprien de Napierville, Quebec, Cyr changed his name to Louis when his family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts