Marcks Family Miniature Circus

Marcks Family Miniature Circus

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^[1], 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.

References

1. ^ Ford, Dave (2004-03-19). "Playland's Peter Pan". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/19/CCGHI5IONH1.DTL. Retrieved 2007-09-22. "With prodding, Marcks recalled the carvings, and, with some coaxing, brought out steamer trunks full of the figurines - 300,000 in all. Tuck set him to work fixing them." 

External links

• Marcks Family Circus
• Playland 2007 photoset of the miniature display on Flickr

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