Empress
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Terrell Jacobs Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Empress
Terrel Jacobs with Modoc, Empress and Judy

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Myanmar unspecified location
Capture:	1937
Imported:	1937
Freight:	shipped from Rangoon, Burma, on April 20, 1937
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Terrell Jacobs Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1944-00-00	Terrell Jacobs Circus from Terrell Jacobs Circus

1941-00-00	Terrell Jacobs Circus from Bud E. Anderson Circus

1939-00-00	Bud E. Anderson Circus from Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)

1938-00-00	Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan) from Cole Brothers Circus

Record history
History of updates	2010-04-26: new record 2025-03-30: picture

Latest document update	2025-03-30 15:49:54

† Empress is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Terrell Jacobs Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Empress was born wild at Myanmar unspecified location, captured 1937 . and imported 1937, shipped from Rangoon, Burma, on April 20, 1937

Comments / pictures

The last of the Michigan stands was at Benton Harbor on July 14 and on that day Cole Bros, received three small four year old elephants by express from New York City. They had been shipped from Rangoon, Burma, on April 20, 1937 only 31 days after being caught in the jungle so it was reported. The three punks were named Judy, Little Modoc, and Empress and became popular members of Eddie Allens elephant Herd. //Bandwagon

Records about Empress from Bob Cline

1937 - imported to US
1937 - Cole Bros. Circus
1938 - Robbins Bros. Circus
1939 to 1941 - Bud Andersons Jungle Oddities Wonder Show
1942 to 1952 - Dolly Jacobs Act
1943 - Gilbert Bros. Circus
Died - 1952 at Dallas, TX. Fair
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Empress, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Terrell Jacobs Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2897. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
https://classic.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/bw-1966May.htm

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