Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

Al G. Barnes Circus

Type	circus

Owner	?-1929: Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse 1929: American Circus Corporation
Founded	1900
Country	United States

Directors	Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse

Key People	-1916: Louis Roth (menagerie superintendent) 1916-1921: Mabel Stark (animal trainer) 1919-1920: Cheerful Gardner (menagerie superintendent)

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants	1920-1922: Cheerful Gardner (elephant superintendent) 1923-1924: Joe Metcalf (elephant superintendent) 1929-1934: Joe Metcalf (elephant superintendent) 1935-1936: Mac Macdonald (elephant trainer) 1934-1937: Walter McClain (elephant superintendent)

Elephant keepers	1911-1915: Mabel Stark 1912-1912: Bill Emery 1921-1922: William Woodcock Sr.
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Al G. Barnes Circus, United States , was founded in 1900.

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,

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Koehl, Dan (2023). Al G. Barnes Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=606. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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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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