Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus in United States

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Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus
Type	circus
Founded	1944
First elephant arrived	1944
Last elephant left	1944
Closed down	1944
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Animal trainers
1944-1944: Clyde Beatty

Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2009-12-17

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus, United States , was founded in 1944 and the first elephant arrived in 1944. The last elephant left in 1944. Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus closed down in 1944.

Comments / picturesIn 1943, Clyde Beatty joined Ray Rogers' Wallace Bros. show which toured as Clyde Beatty and Wallace Bros. Circus Combined. In 1944 he moved to the west coast to be a part of Clyde Beatty and Russell Bros. Circus. In the winter of 1945 he purchased the Wallace Bros. show and opened in April of 1945 as the Clyde Beatty Circus. After closing a successful 1945 season,the truck show was sold to Floyd King. Batty rturned to the west coast, purchased controlling interest in the Russell Bros. Pan Pacific Circus that Art Concello had framed the year before using mostly equipment from the Beckman Gerety railroad carnival, and created a rails show.

"The only three elephants on the Clyde Beatty-Wallace Bros. Show in 1943 were all owned by Clyde Beatty. He had receivd them from the Cole Bros. Circus for non-payment years before. They were Anna May, Mary, and Sidney. They joined with the five Russell Bros. Circus elephants and one owned by Jack Joyce in 1944.

References for records about Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Clyde Beatty-Russell Brothers Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1568. (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
Ryan Easley, USA
"Forty Years in the Center Ring" by Fred D. Pfening, Jr. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1965, pp. 4-8. CircusHistory.org.

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