Artist Isaac Marcks and Donald Marcks Location Playland-Not-At-The-Beach, El Cerrito, California | ||
The Marcks Family Miniature Circus is a miniature representation of the Sells Floto Circus of the 1930s. It was conceived and originated by Isaac Marcks and hand carved over the span of 50 years by him and his son Donald Marcks, publisher of the popular weekly publication Circus Report.
The circus is built to a scale of one-half inch equals one foot and consists of multiple tents and scores of wagons (all exact copies of the old-time circus days) and people, all hand carved. With over 300,000 pieces in the collection, the miniature circus main tent stands 25 inches tall and is 5 feet wide and 11 feet long. It is currently on display at Playland-Not-At-The-Beach.
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Marcks Family Miniature Circus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA