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Joe Metcalf

From the list of elephant persons Family: Metcalf


Biography
 ☨ Joe Metcalf 
Picture of Joe Metcalf
Profession circus elephant trainer
Personal details
Born 1876?
Dead 1956-01-19 Los General Hospital, Los Angeles in United States
Residence
Country United States
Locations
Title elephant head-keeper 1940-1947
Location at Lincoln Park Zoo in United States
Title elephant superintendent 1929-1934
Location at Al G. Barnes Circus in United States
Title elephant superintendent 1927-1929
Location at Sells-Floto Circus in United States
Title elephant trainer 1926-1927
Location at Heritage Brothers Circus in United States
Title elephant trainer 1924-1925
Location at Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan) in United States
Title elephant superintendent 1923-1924
Location at Al G. Barnes Circus in United States
Title elephant superintendent 1922-1923
Location at Gollmar Bros. Circus in United States
Title elephant trainer 1920-1921
Location at Howes Great London Circus (Mugivan and Bowers) in United States
Title elephant superintendent 1916-1917
Location at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in United States
Title elephant trainer 1910-1915
Location at Gentry Brothers Circus in United States
Title elephant head-keeper 1948
Location at Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel) in United States
Title elephant trainer 1935
Location at Selig Zoo and Movie Studio in United States
Title elephant trainer
Location at Howes Great London Circus and Van Amburgs Trained Wild Animals in United States

Joe Metcalf , circus elephant trainer in United States

Metcalf was born * 1876? dead 1956-01-19 Los General Hospital, Los Angeles, in United States .


Records about Joe Metcalf from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog

Joe Metcalf
No doubt the most travelled elephant man I know of. For some reason, never stayed any place too long but his credentials were impressive.
Seen here in charge of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Elephants in 1916 with Anna Donovan.

JOE METCALF
1910-15 Gentry Bros. Circus
1916 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1918 Howard Bros. Circus
1920-21 Howes Great London (Amer. Circus Corp.)
1922 Gollmar Bros. Circus "
1923 Al G. Barnes Circus (Asst. Supt.)
1924 Robbins Bros. Circus
1925 Gollmar Bros. Circus (Monahan)
1926 Heritage Bros. Circus
1927-29 Sells-Floto Circus
1930-31 Al G. Barnes Circus
1935 Selig Zoo
1936 Ken Maynard Wild West
1940 Lincoln Park Zoo (Los Angeles)
1948 Goebel's Lion Farm

William "Buckles" Woodcock Buckles Blog


Joe Metcalf is mentioned on 1 other person pagesEarl Jackson,  

Joe Metcalf is mentioned on 1 location pagesHowes Great London Circus and Van Amburgs Trained Wild Animals,  

Joe Metcalf is mentioned on 5 elephant record pagesBee (Burma),  Bughouse Alice,  Colonel Joe (Dillinger, Wise Guy),  Toto,  Yeap (Gyp, Gypsy, Shipp),  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). elephant trainer Joe Metcalf in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 7 June 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=90. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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