Power's Dancing Elephant fame in United States
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Power's Dancing Elephant fame
In the picture is George Powells wife Lisette Power
Type circus
Last elephant left 1942
Country
United States
Related persons
Owner -1942: George Power
Zoological department
Animal trainers
Elephant department
Elephant Trainer -: Bill Power : Al Langdon
Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates 2022-04-03xx
Latest document update 2022-04-03 06:55:29
Description
Power's Dancing Elephant fame, circus United States
. The last elephant left in 1942..
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Comments / pictures George\'s parents were Jeanette Lush O'Brien and John O'Brien. John O'Brien was a famous horse trainer for the circuses of the time. Jennie O'Brien was a high school equestrienne with the circus, and her husband trained her mounts.
After John\'s death in Baraboo in 1902, Jeanette (Jennie) O'Brien later married W.W. (Bill) Power, the elephant trainer, and young George learned the Elephants
from his stepfather.
George Power
became famous for training the Elephants
to do amazing skits such as a mock baseball game, a war battle scene, a barbershop scene, bowling, and the waltz, two-step, Charleston, foxtrot, and hula dances. Power\'s Elephants
were at the New York Hippodrome from 1905-1922; in vaudeville from 1923-1926; in Europe with Bertram Mills Circus
from 1926-1937; returned to the States in 1937; and worked fairs and circuses until George Power grew ill and the surviving Elephants
were sold in 1942.
Melani Carty References for records about Power's Dancing Elephant fame
Recommended Citation Koehl, Dan (2026). Power's Dancing Elephant fame, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=837 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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