Schoenhut Toys
Judith's
Toy Shop
Our recommended dealer is Judith Lile of
Lancaster, PA. Her Schoenhut circus
toys inventory is shown in this site at Judith's Toy Shop.
Contact Judith.
Schoenhut
Histories
Our histories of the
A. Schoenhut and other Schoenhut companies. Click
here to read.
The Schoenhut Mountain
See this unique piece of
Schoenhut history here.
Fred's
Miniature circus
Fred Keller has given us a great
article with photos of his amazing miniature Humpty Dumpty circus. See
it here.
Identification Guide
We have an identification guide to the Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty circus.
Included are the Teddy Roosevelt Adventures in Africa toys. This guide is a work in progress that will probably never be complete.
You can contribute to this effort.
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Schoenhut
Patents
We have pulled together
some of the patents related to Schoenhut toys. Click here to see them.
Photos
We have added a page of rare Humpty Dumpty
Circus items photographed in some of the great collections. See
them here.
Articles
about the Humpty Dumpty Circus:
Jim has an article showing how
the Schoenhut circus reflects the 
American circus of that time. Did you know that
the Schoenhut Hobo is a circus clown? Or that the Schoenhut Negro Dude is a minstrel? See why in Jim's
article - The American Circus. Click
here to read it.
Judith Lile has an article about her favorite Schoenhut circus
pieces. Read
it here.
Jim has three new articles: "The Eyes of the
Schoenhut Circus"
describing the
glass-eyed, painted-eyed, and decaled-eyed animal varieties, the
Humpty Dumpty Elephants, and "Displaying
the Circus" showing ideas for showing off your circus. 
Schoenhut
Toy Price Guide
Andy Yaffee
and Keith Kaonis have authored a beautiful price guide to the Schoenhut circus.
A "must have reference" for circus collectors. 32 pages, all with
color photos of rare circus pieces. Send $15.00 postage paid to:
Andy Yaffee
Clark Martire & Bartolomeo
375 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs NJ 07632
Phone: 201-568-0011
ext. 141
Schoenhut
Reproductions
Often, Humpty Dumpty circus items are
offered for sale or at auction that were not made by the original Schoenhut
Company of Philadelphia. We have even seen Schoenhut copies made in China - pretty
bad looking stuff! However, the Delavan Company of Seneca, New York obtained the
rights to produce the Humpty Dumpty circus and did so between 1948 and 1952. To
see photos of this reproduction circus and others, go to Schoenhut
Reproductions.
Schoenhut
Non Circus Toys
The A. Schoenhut made many toys other
than its famous circus over its years of production. We are compiling a list of
these toys with descriptions. Click here.
O. Schoenhut
We are compiling information about the
O. Schoenhut company who made toys starting in the late 1930s. See where we are here.
