Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

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Al G. Barnes Circus


Local name Al G. Barnes Wild Animal Show
Typecircus
Founded1900
Country United States
Related persons
Owner 1900-1925: Al G. Barnes
1929: American Circus Corporation
Zoological department
Directors 1919-1920: Cheerful Gardner
(menagerie superintendent)
-1916: Louis Roth
(menagerie superintendent)
Animal trainers
1919: Fritz Brunner
1916-1921: Mabel Stark
Apprentice keeper 1911-1915: Mabel Stark
Elephant department
Elephant Superintendent 1934-1937: Walter McClain
1929-1934: Joe Metcalf
1924-1928: Homer D. "Curley" Pritchett
1923-1924: Joe Metcalf
1920-1922: Cheerful Gardner
Elephant Trainer 1935-1936: Mac Macdonald
Elephant keepers
1921-1922: Bill Woodcock
1912-1912: Bill Emery
-1935: Jessie Wardlow
-: Jeremia Stonehouse
Record history
History of updates2024-01-06xx
Latest document update2024-01-06 11:14:50
Description

Al G. Barnes Circus, United States , was founded in 1900.

Casualties

2 casualties
  1. 1929-10-12: visitor Eva Donohue fatal attack by Black Diamond. smashed Mrs. Donohue to the ground, trampled the life out of her. † Eva Donohue Died 1929-10-12, Corsicana, Texas. Eva Donohue was taken to a nearby hospital, but only lived for a few minutes. Attendants said her skull was crushed.
  2. 1935-06: elephant keeper Jessie Wardlow fatal attack by Vance. Two months previously while working in harness with the Barnes Show, he had suddenly attacked and killed the "hook-up" man Jessie Wardlow. † Jessie Wardlow Died 1935-06

Comments / picturesAlpheus George Barnes Stonehouse was born in Ontario, Canada 1862. The circus was sold in 1929 for $1,000,000 to an eastern syndicate, who operated the American Circus Corporation.

1927-1938: Al. G. Barnes winterquarters were located in Balwin Park.

Al G. Barnes Circus in United States United+StatesPhoto taken at the winter quarters of the Al G Barnes Circus in Baldwin Hills California in 1936.

1929: (Elephant boss: Joseph Metcalf) 10 asian elephants, among them the bulls Tusko, Black Diamond, Vance,


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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Al G. Barnes Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=606. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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