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The Goats
The goat was introduced to the Humpty Dumpty circus
in 1905 and had a long run with only three designs -
glass eyes, painted eyes, and reduced. Both the regular and
reduced sizes were made using decal eyes. The goat
is a comical animal that plays well with the clowns. All goats were made
with leather horns, beard, ears, and tail.
Photo by Judith Lile
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Glass eyes
The glass eyes goat's head is articulated on a separate neck as are
all goats. Notice that the nose was made with a "V" shaped
nostril.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Triangular head marking
This image was taken from an early catalog and shows a goat with a
white triangular forehead marking. We have not seen this goat. Can you
send me photos of one?
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Painted eyes
The painted eyes styles would have been introduced in about 1918. The
painted eyes version has two simple dots for nostrils.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
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Decal eyes The goats with applied decal eyes must have
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Photo by Judith Lile
Reduced size, painted eyes
The reduced painted eyes goat started its performance in the 1920s.
Photo by Judith Lile
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Photo by Judith Lile
Reduced size, decal eyes
Later, the hand painted eyes were replaced with simple decals.
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