Edward S. Eldred

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☨ Edward S. Eldred
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1811 in United States

Dead	1850 in United States

Residence
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	owner 1835-1837
Location	at The Zoological Institute in United States

Title	owner 1834-1835
Location	at Crane & Eldreds Menagerie and Circus United in United States

Title	owner 1834-1834
Location	at American Circus (Edward S. Eldred) in United States

Biography details

Edward S. Eldred , circus director in United Kingdom

Eldred was born * 1811 in United States dead 1850 , in United States .

Records about Edward S. Eldred from A History of the Traveling Menagerie

1834: Edward S. Eldred (1811-1850) owned and operated the American Circus in 1834. Beginning his tour in Mobile, Alabama, in January, he worked his way across the South until he reached Baltimore in October. The Gregory, Crane & Co. menagerie (36) had reached the same area at the same time. There then occurred the transfer we alluded to above, in which Crane joined with Eldred while Gregory joined with the Washburn’s and two new shows were created: Crane & Eldreds Menagerie and Gregory, Washburn and Co.

1835: In 1835, the menagerie became part of The Zoological Institute.

Stuart Thayer, A History of the Traveling Menagerie https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm

Edward S. Eldred is mentioned on 2 other person pagesGerard Crane, Gilbert Eldred,

Edward S. Eldred is mentioned on 4 location pagesAmerican Circus (Edward S. Eldred), Crane & Eldreds Menagerie and Circus United, Gregory, Crane and Co Menagerie, Gregory, Washburn and Co,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Edward S. Eldred in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1556. (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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