Carley, Purdy and Wright’s Menagerie in United States

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Carley, Purdy and Wright’s Menagerie
Type	circus
Founded	1830
Opened for public	1831
Closed down	1831
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner	1830-1831: Charles Wright 1830-1831: Eisenhart Purdy

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History of updates	2022-04-13

Latest document update	2022-04-13 14:08:43

Description

Carley, Purdy and Wright’s Menagerie, United States , was founded in 1830, opened for public in 1831. Carley, Purdy and Wright’s Menagerie closed down in 1831.

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Records about Carley, Purdy and Wright’s Menagerie from the Circus Historical Society
In 1830, Charles Wright formed a partnership called Carley, Purdy & Wright. Charles Wright (1792-1862) was the manager of the show in 1828, the year in which it became the first menagerie to travel with a circus. He may have been with it earlier, but we have no proof of it.

1831: The menagerie was titled Purdy, Carley and Bailey in 1831, possibly indicating that Wright had left.

References for records about Carley, Purdy and Wright’s Menagerie

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Carley, Purdy and Wright’s Menagerie, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3606. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology, A History of the Traveling Menagerie, online at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2a.htm

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