This pair of oversized clown shoes were worn by Vance “Pinto” Colvig born in Jacksonville, Oregon. He earned his name because of his freckles and his passion for clowning. He became the first Bozo the Clown for Universal Pictures and was a well known cartoonist, gag man and voiceover artist for Walt Disney Productions.
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