Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace) in United States

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Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace)
Type	circus
Founded	1892
Closed down	1895
Place	Peru, Indiana
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner	1892-1895: Ben Wallace


Key People
Zoological department

Directors	1892-1894: Patrick Meager (menagerie superintendent)

Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2013-04-16

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

Description

Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace), in Peru, Indiana, United States , was founded in 1892. Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace) closed down in 1895.

Comments / picturesOwner Ben Wallace.

1892: Name of the show changed from Wallace and Co Circus to "Cook and Whitbys European Circus, Museum and Menagerie".
1892:
Diamond - Male Asian
Pilot - Male Asian
Gypsy - Asian Female
Jeannette - African Female
Prince - Male Asian
Tobe - Male Asian
Jess - Asian Female leased to Sells & Renfrow Show.
Queen - Asian Female leased to Bob Hunting.

Records about Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace) from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
In my fathers files I have a letter from old time trainer Harry Parkhurst relating how he walked "Queen" and "Jess" from the Penn. RR site in Bunker Hill to the Wallace Qtrs. after their purchase from 4-Paw in 1891.

William "Buckles" Woodcock

1893:
Diamond, Pilot, Gypsy, and Prince remained. Jeannette was leased to
Frank J. Taylor. Tobe died.
Romey - Asian Female added in 1893
Robbins Queen - Asian Female added in 1893
1894 to 1895: Diamond, Pilot, Gypsy, Prince, and Robbins Queen.

1895: The title of the show was changed to Great Wallace Show. 5 elephants.

References for records about Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1643. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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