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Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus in United States
Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus
Type circus
Owner 1935-1948: Zack Terrell
Founded 1935
First elephant arrived 1935
Opened for public 1935
Last elephant left 1949
Closed down 1949
Country
United States
Directors
Key People -1939: Hubert Castle (artist) 1937-1940: Arky Scott (menagerie superintendent) 1946-1948: Pete Cristiani (artist)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers of elephants -: Alonzo Dever (elephant superintendent) 1934-1935: Allen King (elephant trainer) 1942-1949: Arky Scott (elephant superintendent)
Elephant keepers 1934-1935: W. K. Bernardi Record history
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Description
Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus , United States
, was founded in 1935, opened for public in 1935 and the first elephant arrived in 1935. The last elephant left in 1949. Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus closed down in 1949.
Comments / pictures Organized by Zack Terrell
and Jess Adkins.
Chang Reynolds and Bob Bernard, noted elephant historians, have clarified by name, number, and time of arrival the elephants coming to the Cole show by way of the Hall Farm. Of course the 3 elephants coming to the new show by way of the Standard Oil Live Power show at the Chicago Worlds Fair were originally from the Hall Farm and were named Tony, Big Katie, and Juno, however, we are concerned here with the 18 purchased from the Hall Estate after the show was organized. The initial 6, which came with the purchase of the Robbins Bros. equipment in December, 1934, were Blanche, Little Babe, Big Jenny, Tommy, Ding, and Boo. The first three named were part of the Robbins Bros. property held by Hall and the latter 3 were owned and sold by Halls widow. After the 1935 season opened nine more were purchased and added to the show at Detroit. These were Mary, Sidney, Wilma, Little Katie, George, Nellie, Little Jenny, Anna May, and Tessie. The final 3 elephants purchased from Hall late in 1935 were Major, Trilby, and Alice.
A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40, by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.
1935: (The Cole show) .
..arranged to rent Allen King
and his animal act, 3 elephants, George, Katie, and Barney [...] Allen King
left Rice Bros. at end of the season but never returned to the Cole show. Later in 1942 he had his own motorized show, King Bros. Circus, on the road for that season.
A History of the Cole Bros. Circus 1935-40 by Joseph T. Bradbury. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, pp. 4-8.
1939: the Cole Bros. Circus, was the very last show to abandon the tradition of the circus street parade.
1940: February 20, the winter quarters suffered one of the worst circus fires in history.
1941: The Herd
consisted of 14 elephants, led by Elephant Supt. Alonzo Dever. The first five originated from 101 Ranch: Big Babe, Louie, Carrie, Jean and Joe (male). The remainder came from Halls Farm: Blanche, Tony, George (male), Little Babe, Big Jenny, Tess, Nellie, Little Jenny and Wilma. //Buckles Web Log, Cole Bros. Circus 1941 #15
1941: the companys permanent address was listed as Louisville, KY. Zack Terrell
toured Cole Bros. Circus through 1948.
1944: "This unusual picture of the complete Herd
taken in McCook, Nebr. 7-29-44. 1. Blanche 2. Jean 3. Big Babe 4. Big Jenny 5. Louie 6. Little Babe 7. Tony 8. Katie 9. Nellie 10. Wilma 11. Tessie 12. Little Jenny 13. Carrie 14. Trilby. For those of you astonished viewers who think I can identify these elephants from the rear, I must confess, my father wrote their names on the back of the picture." //Buckles Web Log, Cole Bros. Circus 1944 #20
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1948: Zack Terrell
sold it to Arthur M. Wirtz and associates.
1949: The circus closed on July 22, 1949.References for records about Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus
Recommended Citation Koehl, Dan (2025). Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus , Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3486 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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