Columbia (Victoria)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
William P. Hall Animal Farm in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Columbia (Victoria)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1933
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	William P. Hall Animal Farm, in United States

Date of arrival

1932-00-00	William P. Hall Animal Farm from Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan)

1924-00-00	Robbins Brothers Circus (Fred Buchanan) from World Brothers Wild Animal Circus

1923-00-00	World Brothers Wild Animal Circus from Kansas City Zoo

1920-00-00	Kansas City Zoo from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1919-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Ringling Bros. Circus

1912-00-00	Ringling Bros. Circus 1912-00-00 from Forepaugh-Sells Show

1910-00-00	Forepaugh-Sells Show from Gollmar Brothers Circus

1908-00-00	Gollmar Brothers Circus from Forepaugh-Sells Show

1896-00-00	Forepaugh-Sells Show from Adam Forepaugh Circus

Record history
History of updates	2023-08-22

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Columbia (Victoria) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1933 at William P. Hall Animal Farm, in United States, .

Affiliated people

1: Stewart Craven (trainer from 1879 to 1880 )

Origin

Columbia (Victoria) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

One of the Forepaugh Dancing Eight.

Died at Halls farm from what the newspaper snipets said.

Records about Columbia (Victoria) from Bob Cline

COLUMBIA
Female Asian 1882 to 1894 - Adam Forepaugh Circus ( was called Victoria )
1895 to 1907 - Adam Forepaugh / Sells Bros. Circus
1908 to 1909 - Gollmar Bros. Circus ( Leased by the Ringlings )
1910 to 1911 - Adam Forepaugh / Sells Bros. Circus
1912 to 1918 - Ringling Bros. Circus
1919 to 1920 - RBBB
1920 to 1923 - Swope Park Zoo
1923 - World Bros. Circus ( Owned by Wm. P. Hall )
1924 to 1931 - Robbins Bros. Circus
1932 to 1933 - Wm. P. Hall farm
Died - 1933 at the Hall farm
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Records about Columbia (Victoria) from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
From Buckles Woodcocks blog:
Columbia (Victoria) in <a href='person.php?id=1737' title='William P. Hall'>William P. Hall</a>
Animal Farm

Columbia (Victoria) in <a href='person.php?id=1737' title='William P. Hall'>William P. Hall</a>
Animal Farm

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Columbia (Victoria), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at William P. Hall Animal Farm in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3132. (archived at the Wayback machine)