Bill Prickett got this kind answer from Tom Dunwoody today.
"The white cage wagon with the corner statues was built by the Circus Hall of Fame around 1990 along with 9 other circus wagons for Knotts Berry Farm.. They had a musical stage show with a circus theme and wanted a circus parade thru the park. These wagons were built 80% full size because of an underpass they had to go under. The corner statues were duplicated on a carving machine from an existing circus wagon carving thatr had been mounted on one of the entry gates to the winterquarters. Knotts donated the wagons back to the Hall of Fame when they were finished with them."
I performed from 1973 to 1995 with a couple years off in between. I did an aerial cradle act for three years, low wire as a clown, trained llamas, ponies, then lions and tigers for 15 years. I am now a firefighter, a member of the Circus Historical Society and an author of several circus and carnival related subjects.
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Bill Prickett got this kind answer from Tom Dunwoody today.
"The white cage wagon with the corner statues was built by the Circus Hall of Fame around 1990 along with 9 other circus wagons for Knotts Berry Farm.. They had a musical stage show with a circus theme and wanted a circus parade thru the park. These wagons were built 80% full size because of an underpass they had to go under. The corner statues were duplicated on a carving machine from an existing circus wagon carving thatr had been mounted on one of the entry gates to the winterquarters. Knotts donated the wagons back to the Hall of Fame when they were finished with them."
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