Norm and Bob Senhauser

This wagon originated as the Kangaroo tab for the Gollmar Bros. Circus about 1910 and remained there through 1916. In 1917, James Patterson bought the Gollmar show thus moving this wagon into the possession of the Patterson-Gollmar Circus.

From 1918 through 1921 it remained on Patterson Shows and in 1922 was on the Patterson trained Wild Animal Shows. From 1923 to 1925 it was on the Gentry-Patterson Shows and sold to Floyd and Howard King in the winter of 1925 / 1926.

The King Bros. had this wagon on their Gentry Bros. Circus in 1926-1927 then on their Walter L. Main Circus in 1928. In 1929 and 1930 it was on their Cole Bros. World Toured Shows until they went Bankrupt in Scottsville, KY. on Aug. 30, 1930.

It was then bought by Ben Rutherford and H.C. Ingram for their show out of Peoria, Ill. It went to the Venice Transportation Co. in East St. Louis, Mo. where it stayed for an unknown time. It was definitely in the Christy Bros. winter quarters in S. Houston, TX. by June of 1936 and remained there until 1948.

The wagon was restored and sold to the Chicgao Railroad Fair in 1949 and remained there through 1952 when Norm Senhauser bought it. Norm used it in parades and 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 again restored and returned to the Kangaroo Tab. The wagon is 13'8" long, and 7'11" wide.