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  2. Balboa Amusement Producing Company - Wikipedia

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    The Balboa Amusement Producing Company (also known as Balboa Studios, and Balboa Feature Film Company) [1] was a film production company in Long Beach, California, from 1913 to 1918 [2] that produced more than 1000 films, [2] around 90% of which have been lost.

  3. Mudhead - Wikipedia

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    "Mudhead", a song by Combustible Edison from their 1996 album Schizophonic! "Mudhead", a song by The Supersuckers from their 1994 album La Mano Cornuda; snake mudhead, a type of fish; Mudhead (Tatsiqto), a Pueblo clown figure; Mudhead, a free-spirited character in Firesign Theatre's 1970 album, Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers

  4. Balboa Island, Newport Beach - Wikipedia

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    Originally, Balboa Island was little more than a mudflat surrounded by swampland. Today's Newport Harbor emerged only after dredging millions of tons of silt. In the late 1860s, James McFadden and his brother, Robert, purchased a large portion of the future site of Newport, including the oceanfront of Newport Beach, much of Balboa Peninsula, and the sandbars that were to become Balboa Island ...

  5. Laffing Sal - Wikipedia

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    Laffing Sal was a fixture at the Balboa Fun Zone in Newport Beach, California when it opened in 1936. Decades later, the park's management learned that Funni-Frite Inc. of Pickerington, Ohio still had the original molds of Laffing Sal's head and hands, and commissioned them to make an updated Sal to stand above the entrance of their Scary Dark ...

  6. History of Newport Beach, California - Wikipedia

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    In 1910, the McFaddens sold Newport, Lido and Balboa Island for US$35,000. Newport Beach and Balboa Island, 1921. In 1912, the seawall was partially replaced by a cement barrier (cheap German cement). [10] in 1914, water lines to the island were first laid. [10] In 1916, Balboa Island was annexed to city of Newport Beach.

  7. Balboa Bay Resort - Wikipedia

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    The Balboa Bay Resort is a 160-room resort hotel in Newport Beach, California, United States on 15 acres (6.1 ha). The facility was founded in 1948 as the Balboa Bay Club , a private yacht club . The Balboa Bay Club includes a 130-slip marina, private beach, waterfront pools, private restaurant, a spa and fitness center, and 145 apartments on ...

  8. Pueblo clown - Wikipedia

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    Ceramic sacred clown by Kathleen Wall Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico. The Pueblo clowns (sometimes called sacred clowns) are jesters or tricksters in the Pueblo religion.It is a generic term, as there are a number of these figures in the ritual practice of the Pueblo people.

  9. Willie Whistle - Wikipedia

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    Willie Whistle, a seagoing [1] clown, was played by Dick Beach (September 5, 1928 - December 18, 2018). Beach created the character of Salty the Clown as a fill-in for a local Toledo, Ohio show, Fun Farm. In 1960, he was given his own show, The Adventures of Salty and Friends. The Salty character featured a tiny whistle sitting on Beach's ...