King Brothers and Cristiani Circus, in Macon, Georgia, United States , was founded in 1950 and the first elephant arrived in 1950. The last elephant left in 1953. King Brothers and Cristiani Circus closed down in 1953.
In 1950, Norma Davenport, daughter of Ben Davenport the owner of the Dailey Bros. Circus, married Pete Cristiani. As a wedding gift Davenport gave the couple 5 performing elephants. Pete and Norma joined the rest of the Cristiani family who were working with the King Bros. Circus owned by showman Floyd King. The Cristianis then joined forces with King and the "King Bros. and Cristiani Circus" was born. Lucio Cristiani and Floyd King managed the circus, Pete served as concession manager, Ernesto and Oscar Cristiani general superintendents, Mugador Cristiani handled ticket sales, Belmonte Cristiani was the boss canvasman and Arnold Maley secretary and treasurer. The circus showed in the eastern United States and into Canada 1950 until 1952. Macon, Ga. winter of 1951-52. On the back of the picture is written by Steve Fanning: 1. Alice, 2. Mona, 3. Christy, 4. Carrie, 5. Babe, 6. Margie, 7. Shirley, 8. Mary, 9. Maude, 10. Norma, 11. Bessie, 12. Konti Records about King Brothers and Cristiani Circus from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/ Alice, Mona and Margie owned by Floyd King. Christy, Carrie, Babe and Shirley owned by Oscar Cristiani Mary, Maud, Norma, Bessie and Konti owned by Pete and Norma Cristiani (originally from Dailey Show) Buckles Woodcock William "Buckles" Woodcock 1953: The Cristiani family took their own Cristiani Bros. Circus. Floyd King formed a partnership with Arnold Maley, and reverted to the King Bros Circus
