High Wire

The Schoenhut High Wires The high wire accessories make an excellent prop for the circus acrobats.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Gene Metcalf Horizontal Bar The horizontal bar appears in Schoenhut's 1918 copyright catalog. The wires we have seen on these horizontal bars have all been round - curious because the actors don't balance well on a round wire. Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Gene Metcalf	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Judith Lile Tight Rope The Tight Rope was an early piece that was probably not produced for long since they are pretty rare today - especially ones that retain their original center paper illustrations. They were advertised only in the later, 1928 copyright, catalogs. It was also part of sets of acrobats. The "tight rope" that spans the cross supports is a piece of square, heavy gauge wire. Photo by Judith Lile
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee This is the acrobat set from the early 1900s. It contains a Tight Rope, 3 clowns, 2 gent and 1 lady acrobats, a hobo, and a poodle.	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Judith Lile