This card celebrates the circus tent, though this circus seems to be on a much grander scale, for there are seats up high, and an orchestra above the flap that lets the acts come in to the sawdust ring. That suggests it is more of an indoor circus, in a theatre, or even purpose built arena, and, therefore, a much larger, more profitable circus than most.
This set appears to hark back to a time when the use of performing animals made up the bulk of the acts, but actually it is only dealing with elephants. And for a set given away with chocolate, presumably for children, some of the cards are rather gruesome.
The cards are :
- Two adult elephants and two babies.
- Elephant hunting in Africa.
- Tiger hunting in India.
- Two robed elephants pulling an elaborate carriage on wheels.
- Elephant carrying timber in its trunk.
- Elephant used for ploughing a field.
- Elephant with howdah on top, lots of people standing round.
- Elephant on ball, with spectacles and cocoa tin, two clowns and a ringmaster pig at base of card.
- Two elephants crossing an Indian river, with two men on top of each.
- Elephant with howdah on top,, accompanied by an Arab on a horse and a Chinese man on foot.
- Elephant pulling a gun carriage, with four men.
- Circus elephant with red hat sitting at tea table, clown in blue starred costume beside him.