Macomber and Co. in United States

Macomber and Co.
Type	circus

Owner	1829-1829: Zebedee Macomber 1830-1832: Epenetus Howe
Founded	1829
Closed down	1830
Country	United States

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History of updates	2022-04-09

Latest document update	2022-04-09 05:53:27

Description

Macomber and Co., United States , was founded in 1829. Macomber and Co. closed down in 1830.

Comments / picturesZebedee Macomber was one of the leading menagerie impresarios of the nineteenth century. He not only operated animal shows, but was involved in importing directly from Africa, and went there himself on at least two occasions to bring back large groups of animals and birds.

His 1829 caravan, the first to be titled with his own name, exhibited the following: elephant, African lion, female leopard and three cubs, polar bear, jaguar, tiger, hyena; to which he added the New England Caravan, en route, a menagerie of which we have no record.

The elephant was an eighteen-month old calf which was later given the name Timour. It apparently belonged to Jesse Kelley and was leased to Macomber.

In 1830, the title was changed to Macomber & Howe, when Epenetus Howe joined the firm, but it was back to Macomber & Co. by May. In October, either Ezra or Harvey Birchard, or both, invested in the company and it became Macomber & Birchard.

1835: In 1835, all US menageries became part of The Zoological Institute.

References for records about Macomber and Co.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Macomber and Co., Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2326. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Stuart Thayer's American Circus Anthology Part Two: General History, https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm

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