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Topsy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Birnam Brothers Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Topsy

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1966
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Birnam Brothers Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1965-00-00	Birnam Brothers Circus from Dale Madden Circus

1963-00-00	Dale Madden Circus from United Exposition Shows (Curley Vernon)

1961-00-00	United Exposition Shows (Curley Vernon) from Beech Bend Amusement Park (Charles Garvin)

1958-00-00	Beech Bend Amusement Park (Charles Garvin) from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1948-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Sparks Circus

1946-00-00	Sparks Circus 1946-00-00 from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1939-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Sells-Floto Circus

1937-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Al G. Barnes Circus

1935-00-00	Al G. Barnes Circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1933-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Sells-Floto Circus

1930-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Sangers Great European Shows-Hugo Bros-Harris Bros-Gentry Bros (Floyd and Howard King)

1928-00-00	Sangers Great European Shows-Hugo Bros-Harris Bros-Gentry Bros (Floyd and Howard King) from Ellis Stanley Joseph menagerie

Record history
History of updates	2010-09-24

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Topsy is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1966 at Birnam Brothers Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Topsy was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Topsy from Bob Cline

TOPSY
Female Asian
1927 - Ellis S. Joseph - Animal Trader
1928 to 1929 - Gentry Bros. Circus / Walter L. Main Circus ( same owners )
1930 to 1932 - Sells-Floto Circus
1933 to 1934 - Hagenbeck Wallace Circus
1935 to 1936 - Al G. Barnes Circus
1937 to 1938 - Al G. Barnes / Sells Floto Circus
1939 to 1945 - RBBB
1946 to 1947 - Sparks Circus owned by RBBB
1948 to 1956 - RBBB
1957 - Remained in RBBB quarters
1958 to 1960 - Charles Garvin in Bowling Green, KY.
1961 to 1962 - United Exposition Shows ( Curley Vernon )
1963 to 1964 - Dale Madden Circus
1965 to 1966 - Birnam Bros. Circus ( Larry McNeese )
Died - 1966

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Topsy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Birnam Brothers Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3850. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

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