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Arabian
Camel
by Judith Lile and Jim Sneed
The
Arabian Camels
The Arabian camel, introduced in 1906, was made in
five regular size designs - open mouth glass eyes, closed mouth glass
eyes,
painted eyes carved head, painted eyes molded head, and decal eyes
molded head. No reduced design was made. |
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Open mouth, glass eyes
This early style was made with glass eyes, leather ears, a woven cord
tail, and a carved head.
Glass eyes, blanket
The glass eyes camel was produced with
a blanket. The gold braiding was the same as that used on some personnel
and elephants.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Judith Lile
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Closed mouth, glass eyes
This style is the same as the previous but its mouth
is closed.
Photo by Jim Sneed
This Sell Brothers poster advertises a novelty camel race. Arabian
themes were popular in early circuses.
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Photo by Judith Lile
Molded head, painted eyes
The molded head camel had little hand work done except for
painting.
Photo by Judith Lile
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Molded head, decal eyes
This was the last style made. The painted eyes were changed to
applied
decal eyes.
Photos by Jim Sneed
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Painted eyes, carved head
(Need PE carved head photo)
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