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by Judith Lile and Jim Sneed

 

Schoenhut Circus advertisement from 1906. By then, the Humpty Dumpty circus was well developed.

 

 

An early German ad. 
Schoenhut aggressively marketed its Humpty Dumpty Circus in Europe. Some pieces may have been made in Germany (see Horse-Donkeys in the Donkeys article).

 

 

This ad from ca 1910 shows the circus parade wagons.

 

 

An ad from Nov 1906 "Everybody's Magazine".
The canvas tent and the wire cage are said to be new that year in this ad.