All About Old Toys
The Humpty Dumpty Circus
Of Andy Yaffee
The Early Humpty Dumpty Circus Presented here are photos of the Schoenhut circus
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The circus tent is the acrobat style with the tight wire apparatus spanning the ring. All of the performers are early composition or two-part designs. The animals are glass-eyed.
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The band plays for the circus acts. The band's parade wagon and the animal parade wagon are on display. Three early two-part head lion tamers control the lions and tigers.
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The parade wagon with the three grotesque figures overlooks the chariots and the acrobats.
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