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Giant Schoenhut Noah's Ark
Point-of-Sale
Display Piece

The A. Schoenhut Company made point-of-sale display pieces for use by major department and toy stores to attract customers. The Noah's ark shown here was recently purchased by Schoenhut Collector's Club members Allan and Debbie Jung at a North Carolina auction. Allan's research on the piece showed it had been used by the FAO Schwartz Co. until about 1935 when Schoenhut went out of business.

Photo by Jim Sneed

Allan Jung and Betty O'Sullivan admire the grand ark at the annual Schoenhut Collector's Club meeting in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.


Photo by Jim Sneed

The Schoenhut Humpy Dumpty circus animals shown on the ark were part of the original FAO Schwartz display.