Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus in United States

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Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus

Type	circus
Founded	1937
Closed down	1938
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Performers & Artists
1937-1938: Hubert Castle

Zoological department
Animal trainers
1929-1929: Mabel Stark

Elephant department
Head keepers of elephants
1937-1938: Walter McClain (elephant superintendent)

Record history
History of updates	2021-04-09

Latest document update	2021-04-09 09:30:33
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Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus, United States , was founded in 1937. Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus closed down in 1938.

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Chris Berry, USA
In 1902 the publishers of the Denver Post newspaper, Harry Tamman and Frederick Bonfils, started a circus. They named it “The Floto Dog and Pony Show” after their well-known sportswriter Otto Floto. Four years later the newspapermen hired William Sells to manage the circus and the title “Sells-Floto” was first used.

In 1919 Tammen and Bonfils were approached by circus operators Jerry Mugivan and Bert Bowers about selling to their upstart “American Circus Corporation” which had also acquired Hagenbeck Wallace.

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Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus in United States United+States

This poster was used during the years that the show was operated by Mugivan and Bowers
Sells-Floto was among the circuses acquired by John Ringling when he purchased the American Circus Corporation in the fall of 1929 just days before the stock market crashed.

This show, owned and operated by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were active 1937 and throughout 1938.

Records about Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus from Bob Cline

Due to labor trouble, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tour closed in Scranton, Pa. on June 22, and the circus returned to winter quarters at Sarasota, Florida. Many of the outstanding features, and a trainload of physical equipment, were sent from Sarasota to augment the Ringling-owned Al G. Barnes-Sells Floto Circus at Redfield, S. D. From Redfield until the close of the 1938 season
Circus Historical Society, Al G. Barnes & Sells-Floto Routes, courtesy of John Polacsek and Bob Cline
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

References for records about Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2001. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://classic.circushistory.org/Routes/BarnesSells1937.htm
Chris Berry, USA

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