Purdy, Carley & Bailey in United States


Purdy, Carley & Bailey
Typecircus
Owner 1831-1832: Eisenhart Purdy
1831-1832: Lewis Bailey
Founded1831
Closed down1832
Country United States
Directors
Key People 1831-1832: Solomon Bailey (animal trainer)
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History of updates2022-04-13
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Description

Purdy, Carley & Bailey, United States , was founded in 1831. Purdy, Carley & Bailey closed down in 1832.


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Records about Purdy, Carley & Bailey from A History of the Traveling Menagerie at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
1831: The title of Carley, Purdy & Wright was changed to Purdy, Carley & Bailey in 1831, Wright dropping out and Lewis Bailey becoming a partner. They said there were thirty animals in the collection. Additions to the 1830 line-up included a black wolf and a cheetah. The cheetah was one of four that appeared in various menageries that year. During their winter show in Philadelphia from December, 1831 to March, 1832, they received an elephant named Caroline, which had landed in the Delaware River in January. We don’t know who the keeper of lions was in 1831, but suspect it to be Solomon Bailey, a relative of the new partner.

Charles Wright returned to the firm in 1832, and it was then advertised as Purdy, Welch, Finch & Wright, Edward Finch having bought in, obviously.

Stuart Thayer, A History of the Traveling Menagerie

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Purdy, Carley & Bailey, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3607. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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