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Man builds toy circus in a barber shop back room
Fred Wagenfuehr, a 63-year-old Texas barber, spent decades carving a 17 wagon balsa wood circus named Francis Wagmie 3 Bang Circus and Wild Animal Show. The intricate display, based on his boyhood memories, drew historians from the Institute of Texan Cultures who featured it as a premier example of Texas folk art.
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New Bralusfell Texas
Fred Wagenfuehr
Wagenfuehr & Barber
Francis Wagmie
Wagenfuehr
Institute of Texan Cultures
San Antonio
Francis
Phil Hewitt
New Braunfels
Rairoad
Texas