The Grand caravan (John Martin menagerie) in United States

The Grand caravan (John Martin menagerie)
Type	circus

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Place	Philadelphia
Country	United States

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History of updates	2022-04-10

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The Grand caravan (John Martin menagerie), in Philadelphia, United States .

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Records about The Grand caravan (John Martin menagerie) from A History of the Traveling Menagerie at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
In December, 1821, the “Grand, Rich and Rare,” moved into Baltimore for the winter. Here they were joined by Tippoo Sultan, one of the three elephants then in the country. When they left the city in April Tippoo Sultan accompanied them and thus this menagerie became the first one to have an elephant travel with it. Some elephants had wintered with animal shows in the past, but never had one taken to the road.

Tippoo Sultan had arrived in Boston in June, 1821, and been exhibited by himself for the six months prior to this affiliation. The title in 1822 was sometimes “Great American Caravan of Living Animals,” and sometimes “Great American Menagerie,” but is best known over the years as “Grand Caravan with Tippoo Sultan.” (Stuart Thayer)

Stuart Thayer, A History of the Traveling Menagerie

1824: Albany

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). The Grand caravan (John Martin menagerie), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2323. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

The Rise of the American Circus, 1716-1899 by S. L. Kotar, J. E. Gessler
Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm

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