I can post a gazillion wagon photos (and probably will before this gets out of my system) but a circus isn't a circus without tents. Back when the circus bug first hit me in the '90s, handmade tents like the one posted here, were easy to find. Now it seems no one makes them any more - crap. LOL I'm calling this tent 'large' only to differentiate it from a few other smaller ones I bought which will be featured in another post - certainly, this tent is not large at all. This one only measures 4 1/2" (11.43cm) square by 3 1/2" (8.89cm) H and was mounted on foam core temporarily - the poles are not glued into the foam for easy removal of the tent. The original poles were just a tad smaller in diameter and prone to breakage so were replaced with 1/8" dia. dowels. The tent itself can be used for a variety of purposes: a small dining tent for circus personnel, a wardrobe tent, a small menagerie, a gift shop, and so on. A full-blown circus with it's Big Top and ancillary tents was quite large and there were a surprising number of tents of all sizes in use. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
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