Characters

Schoenhut capitalized on the popularity of several popular comic characters of the early 1900s. The Boob McNutt and Happy Hooligan characters are pretty scarce. Barney Google and Felix are common. Maggie and Jiggs are still found but not often with their bucket and rolling pin.
Photo by Jim Sneed for the collection of Jim Kramer Boob McNutt ca 1924 The Boob McNutt cartoon character was a creation of Rube Goldberg. He was most popular from 1915 until the 1930s. Photo courtesy of Bertoia Auctions Boob McNutt Marionette	Barney Google Created by Billy DeBeck, the Barney Google cartoons first appeared in 1919 and continued until the 1940s. Early Barney This earliest Barney style has round eyes, leather ears, and a little white bow tie. Comic character Barney Google and his horse Spark Plug This example of Barney has large oval shaped eyes, molded ears, a red necktie, a red hat band, and distinctive mustache hairs. Photo courtesy of Bertoia Auctions
Happy Hooligan Happy Hooligan, created by Frederick Burr Opper, first appeared in a cartoon in 1900 and continued until 1932. Photo by Jim Sneed for the collection of Jim Kramer	Maggie and Jiggs These cartoon characters were created by George McManus. His Bringing Up Father first appeared as a newspaper comic in 1913. The characters were popular until the 1950s. Photo by Andy Ourant, courtesy of Noel Barrett Auctions
Bonzo	Felix Felix came in three sizes. This example is 8 inches tall. He has leather ears, and jointed arms and legs. Elastic bands hold him together just like circus pieces. This is a very rare Schoenhut Felix pull toy. Articulation is made by pulling on the center wood piece. Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner Here are shown the three sizes of Felix made by Schoenhut - 4, 6, and 8 inch
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee Max and Moritz Shown here are the early two-part head Max and Moritz set
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee Quacky Doodles	Buster Brown and Tige Koko the Clown