Great American Menagerie in United States

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Great American Menagerie
Local name	Great American Caravan of Living Animals
Type	circus
Closed down	1835
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Elephant department

Elephant Trainer	1938-1938: Cheerful Gardner 1824-: Joseph Martin

Record history
History of updates	2022-04-12xx

Latest document update	2022-04-12 06:53:44

Description

Great American Menagerie, United States . Great American Menagerie closed down in 1835.

Comments / pictures1813-1816: 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.

References for records about Great American Menagerie

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Great American Menagerie, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=740. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm

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