Animal Crackers

'Animal Crackers' 6" x 6" • this painting is sold

It was 1902 that animal crackers officially became Barnum's Animal and evoked the familiar circus time theme.

With each generation, there have been some changes in the number and variety of animals caged in that colorful little box. In total, there have been 54 different animals represented by animal crackers since 1902. There will probably always be lions and tigers, bears and elephants. But the dog and jaguar have fallen to the hyena and gorilla. Today each package contains 22 crackers with a variety of animals. The Koala is the newest addition, voted on by consumers, beating out the penguin, walrus and cobra.

There have been three different and limited edition boxes produced in the last decade, still the same shape and size, but with a different design on the box. Endangered Animals box in 1995, the Chocolate Zoo in 1997 and the Marine Collection in 1998. Although the circus box has gone through updates and changes over the years, it still remains true to its origin -- bright, colorful and fun.

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My great Aunt Sally would sing this song with us when we were young:

Sally and I went to the circus,
Sally got hit with a rolling pin,
We got even with the circus,
We bought tickets and we didn't go in ....


If you would like to purchase this 6" x 6" oil painting on stretched canvas, please visit my website. This painting is priced at $100.00 plus s/h.

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