Ostrich

The Ostrich The ostrich was introduced to the Humpty Dumpty circus in 1906. It is a pretty good circus animal, so sales were good. Six distinct designs are known. Five are regular size and one is reduced size.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Glass eyes, open mouth The ostrich's head, neck, legs, and body are separate parts. The early bodies were smooth. Sometimes feathers were painted on the rear white tail area. The feet are painted to suggest two toes.	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Glass eyes, closed mouth This design is similar to the previous except that the mouth is closed. Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Sneed Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Sneed	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Painted circular eyes, early legs, 2-toed feet This design shows a complete make-over of the ostrich. The eyes are now painted, the body more realistic, and the feet now have two toes. The leg is the same as the glass eyes styles. The next version suggests that this may be a transitional version that use up the previous version's legs.
Photo by Judith Lile Painted circular eyes, new legs This design is the same as the previous except that the legs are now straight and ribbed.	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Painted elongated eyes, new legs The eyes of this design were changed to be elongated. The head shape was made higher and the bill shorter. Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Deborah Wesler	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Reduced size The reduced ostrich is hard to distinguish from the ostrich at left except for its smaller size. (see photo below) Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer The reduced size ostrich on the left with a regular size.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Sneed