Name/Title
Ringling Brothers Circus TrainEntry/Object ID
2018.0005.0004Tags
Verify Paperwork, Update Storage Location, Review, LocateDescription
Hand made wooden (etc) model of a circa 1920's Ringling Brothers Circus Train as would be seen in towns and villages across the USA especially prior to WWII. This model was hand built by a loving Grandparent during the Great Depression, when money was scarce and manufactured toys were completely out of the financial reach of most rural Americans. The train compliments the Circus Parade in the Model Shop Diorama of a Northern Neck visit by a Circus. Visitors to the RFM can view a very poignant reminder of the lack of wealth in the Northern Neck and the lengths to which Grandparents and Parents would go to provide toys to their progeny,