Anna May (Anna Mae)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sells and Downs Shows (Sells and Gray New United Shows) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Anna May (Anna Mae)

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1972
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Sells and Downs Shows (Sells and Gray New United Shows), in United States

Date of arrival

1963-00-00	Sells and Downs Shows (Sells and Gray New United Shows) from Clyde Beatty Circus

1945-00-00	Clyde Beatty Circus from Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus

1944-00-00	Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus from Clyde Beatty-Wallace Brothers Circus

1943-00-00	Clyde Beatty-Wallace Brothers Circus from Johnny J. Jones Exposition

1941-00-00	Johnny J. Jones Exposition from Hamid Circus (Hamid-Morton Circus)

1940-00-00	Hamid Circus (Hamid-Morton Circus) 1940-00-00 from Clyde Beatty (private)

1939-00-00	Clyde Beatty (private) from Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus)

1935-00-00	Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus) from Sam B. Dill Circus and Tom Mix Wild West Show

1934-00-00	Sam B. Dill Circus and Tom Mix Wild West Show from Sam B. Dill Circus

1932-00-00	Sam B. Dill Circus from Gentry Brothers Circus

1931-00-00	Gentry Brothers Circus from William P. Hall Animal Farm

1925-00-00	William P. Hall Animal Farm from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2008-10-25

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Anna May (Anna Mae) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1972 at Sells and Downs Shows (Sells and Gray New United Shows), in United States, .

Origin

Anna May (Anna Mae) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Trained by Col. William Woodcock at Halls farm 1925.

Records about Anna May (Anna Mae) from Bob Cline

ANNA MAE
Female Asian 1925 to 1926 - Wm.P. Hall
1931 - Gentry Bros. Circus
1932-1933 - Sam B. Dill Circus
1934 - Sam Dill Circus w/ Tom Mix
1935 - sold to Cole Bros.-Clyde Beatty Circus
1939 - bought by Clyde Beatty
1939 -Atlantic City, NJ w/ Clyde Beatty
1940 - Hamid Morton Circus w/ Clyde Beatty
1941-1942 - Johnny J.Jones carnival w/ Clyde Beatty
1943- Wallace Bros. -Clyde Beatty Circus w/ Clyde Beatty
1944 - Clyde Beatty - Russell Bros. Circus w/ Clyde Beatty
1945-1962 - Clyde Beatty Circus w/ Clyde Beatty
1962 - Starred in the movie JUMBO
1963 - 1970 - Sells & Gray Circus
Died - 1972 in winter quarters in Deland, FL.
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Anna May (Anna Mae), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sells and Downs Shows (Sells and Gray New United Shows) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2330. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Buckles Woodcock

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