Ed Ballard

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☨ Ed Ballard
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Dead

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	owner 1913-1919
Location	at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in United States

Biography details

Edward Ballard , circus director in United States

Ballard was born * ? .

The successor company of the American Circus Company was sold by Jerry Mugivan, Bert Bowers and Ed Ballard to John Ringling of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey in 1929 for $2 million, along with the Al G. Barnes Amusement Co., Sells-Floto Circus Co., John Robinson Circus Shows, and Sparks Circus Co. With that acquisition, John Ringling controlled virtually every travelling circus in America.

Ed Ballard is mentioned on 7 other person pagesBenoit Tourniaire, Bert Bowers, George Bailey, James Stockley, Jamie Stockley, Jeremiah Mugivan, Johan Ringling,

Ed Ballard is mentioned on 4 location pagesAmerican Circus Corporation, Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, Howes Great London Circus (Mugivan and Bowers), Howes Great London Circus and Van Amburgs Trained Wild Animals,

Ed Ballard is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesCharlie Ed,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Edward Ballard in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=514. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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