Harry Heye Tammen

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☨ Harry Heye Tammen

Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1856-03-06 in United States

Dead	1924-07-19 in United States

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	owner 1902-1919
Location	at Sells-Floto Circus in United States

Biography details

Heinrich "Harry" Heye Tammen , circus director in United States

Tammen was born * 1856-03-06 in United States dead 1924-07-19 , in United States .

Heinrich "Harry" Heye Tammen (March 6, 1856 — July 19, 1924) was an American journalist, publisher, and businessman. He worked alongside Frederick Bonfils and co-owned The Denver Post, the Kansas City Post, and the Sells Floto Circus.

Tammen wanted to breed his elephants, three baby elephants were born however all three died shortly after birth. Tammen had one of the babies mounted and for many years it was displayed in a glass case in lobby the Denver Post offices.

In 1919 Jerry Mugivan and Albert C. "Bert" Bowers owners of the "American Circus Corporation", purchased the "Sells Floto Circus"

Harry Heye Tammen is mentioned on 1 location pagesSells-Floto Circus,

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Heinrich "Harry" Heye Tammen in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3483. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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