Fair 2007: Buttons the Clown
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Program: Fair 2007 #3804
Broadcast Date: Aug. 16, 2007
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Collection: Iowa State Fair
Strolling the Fairgrounds we run into Buttons the Clown and his 1932 Ford Roadster. He loves to make people happy because he knows about sadness.
Retired Illinois funeral director, Newt Lundquist, now deals in the lighter side of life, making people of all ages laugh. He’s Buttons the Clown. He's known for driving his tiny 1932 Ford Roadster just about anywhere he can get to on the Fairgrounds.
"I'm out to bring some joy into their lives. I see my job as that of a Fair greeter," Lundquist says.
Post Date: August 15, 2007
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