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Wolves
by Judith Lile and Jim Sneed
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The Wolves
The wolf, introduced in 1908,
was made in three designs, all with open mouths - glass eyes with cloth tail;
glass eyes with wooden tail; and painted eyes. No reduced size wolf
was made. No decal eyes versions have been found. Early wolves have a small red felt tongue.
There have been and still are, wolf acts in real circuses. Schoenhut
marketed the wolf as a farm animal. |
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee
Glass eyes, open mouth, cloth tail
The earliest wolf has glass eyes, leather ears, and a fuzzy cloth
tail. The mouth is open and fangs are
painted around its nose.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Glass eyes, open mouth, wood tail
This design is the same as the previous except that a
wood tail was used instead of the cloth tail. The early GE wolves
featured red felt tongues.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Painted eyes, wood tail
The PE wolf has leather ears, a smooth wood tail, but no painted
fangs or felt tongue.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
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