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Great American Menagerie
Local name
Great American Caravan of Living Animals
Type
circus
Closed down
1835
Country
United States
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Zoological department
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1824-:
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Description
Great American Menagerie,
United States
. Great American Menagerie closed down in 1835.
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1813-1816: Museum of Living Animals
1819: associated with Mr. Brown in Washington in 1819
1816-1821: advertised as Grand, Rich and Rare Collection of Living Animals
1822: Great American Caravan of Living Animals
1822: The menagerie went into Albany on October 25, 1822.
1824:
Joseph Martin
is elephant keeper for Tippoo Sultan
1835: In 1835, the menagerie became part of
The Zoological Institute
.
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Koehl, Dan (2025). Great American Menagerie, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at
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Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at
https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
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