Wolves

The Schoenhut Wolves The wolf, introduced in 1908, was made in three designs, all with open mouths - glass eyes with cloth tail, glass eyes with wooden tail, and painted eyes. No reduced size wolf was made. No decal eyes versions have been found. Early wolves have a small red felt tongue. There have been and still are, wolf acts in real circuses. Schoenhut marketed the wolf as a farm animal.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee Glass eyes, open mouth, cloth tail The earliest wolf has glass eyes, leather ears, and a fuzzy cloth tail. The mouth is open and fangs are painted around its nose. Keller Style I - Very Rare Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee	Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Glass eyes, open mouth, wood tail This design is the same as the previous except that a wood tail was used instead of the cloth tail. The early GE wolves featured red felt tongues. Keller Style II - Rare Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer Painted eyes, wood tail The PE wolf has leather ears, a smooth wood tail, but no painted fangs or felt tongue. Keller Style III - Rare Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer