Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

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Al G. Barnes Circus

Local name	Al G. Barnes Wild Animal Show
Type	circus
Founded	1900
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner	1900-1925: Al G. Barnes 1929: American Circus Corporation

Zoological department

Directors	1919-1920: Cheerful Gardner (menagerie superintendent) -1916: Louis Roth (menagerie superintendent)

Animal trainers
1919: Fritz Brunner 1916-1921: Mabel Stark


Apprentice keeper	1911-1915: Mabel Stark

Elephant department

Elephant Superintendent	1934-1937: Walter McClain 1929-1934: Joe Metcalf 1924-1928: Homer D. "Curley" Pritchett 1923-1924: Joe Metcalf 1920-1922: Cheerful Gardner


Elephant Trainer	1935-1936: Mac Macdonald

Elephant keepers
1921-1922: Bill Woodcock 1912-1912: Bill Emery -1935: Jessie Wardlow -: Jeremia Stonehouse

Record history
History of updates	2024-01-06xx

Latest document update	2024-01-06 11:14:50

Description

Al G. Barnes Circus, United States , was founded in 1900.

Casualties

2 casualties

1929-10-12: visitor Eva Donohue fatal attack by Black Diamond. smashed Mrs. Donohue to the ground, trampled the life out of her. † Eva Donohue Died 1929-10-12, Corsicana, Texas. Eva Donohue was taken to a nearby hospital, but only lived for a few minutes. Attendants said her skull was crushed.
1935-06: elephant keeper Jessie Wardlow fatal attack by Vance. Two months previously while working in harness with the Barnes Show, he had suddenly attacked and killed the "hook-up" man Jessie Wardlow. † Jessie Wardlow Died 1935-06

Comments / picturesAlpheus George Barnes Stonehouse was born in Ontario, Canada 1862. The circus was sold in 1929 for $1,000,000 to an eastern syndicate, who operated the American Circus Corporation.

1927-1938: Al. G. Barnes winterquarters were located in Balwin Park.

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Photo taken at the winter quarters of the Al G Barnes Circus in Baldwin Hills California in 1936.

1929: (Elephant boss: Joseph Metcalf) 10 asian elephants, among them the bulls Tusko, Black Diamond, Vance,

References for records about Al G. Barnes Circus

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Al G. Barnes Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=606. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 51, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
http://classic.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/bw-1963Jul.htm

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