Norm and Bob Senhauser

Originally built as a cage for the Gollmars about 1910, this wagon remained with the Gollmars through 1916. James Patterson, who was a carnival owner, bought the Gollmar show in 1917. so it was there in 1917 on the Gollmar-Patterson Show and on other James Patterson shows from 1918 to 1921. In 1922 the show was called the Patterson's Trained Wild Animal Shows. From 1923 to 1925 it was called the Gentry-Patterson Shows.

In the winter of 1925 / 1926 the wagon was sold to Floyd and Howard King. The King bros. had it on their Gentry Bros. Circus from 1926 to 1927, on their Walter L. Main Circus in 1928 and on their Cole Bros. World Toured Shows in 1929 and 1930 until they went bankrupt in Scottsville, KY. on Aug. 30, 1930. It was bought by H. C. Ingram and Ben Rutherford and shipped to their quarters in Peoria, ILL then later to the Venice Transportation Co. in East St. Louis, MO.

George Christy bought it in May of 1936 and moved it to his S. Houston, TX. winter quarters where it remained until 1948. In 1949 it was restored and sold to the Chicago Railroad Fair. It stayed there until 1952 when Norm Senhauser bought it.

Norm used it in various parades and at circus gatherings for years until he sold it to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. in 1964. They donated it to the Circus World Museum where it was restored and painted an orange all over the body instead of just part of the sides as it had been for the last twenty years at least. The wagon is 13' long, 7'11" wide and weighs about 2 tons.