J. T. and J. P. Bailey's Menagerie and Circus in United States

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J. T. and J. P. Bailey's Menagerie and Circus
Local name	Lewis Bailey & Co
Type	circus
Founded	1834
Closed down	1835
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner	1834-1835: Lewis Bailey


Directors	1834-1835: James Purdy Bailey 1834-1835: Joseph Todd Bailey

Zoological department

Zookeeper	-: Solomon Bailey

Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2022-04-12

Latest document update	2022-04-12 14:57:40

Description

J. T. and J. P. Bailey's Menagerie and Circus, United States , was founded in 1834. J. T. and J. P. Bailey's Menagerie and Circus closed down in 1835.

Comments / picturesDeveloped from Brown & Bailey\'s Circus.

Records about J. T. and J. P. Bailey's Menagerie and Circus from A History of the Traveling Menagerie at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
Menageries attached to circuses were small, as a rule, usually five or six cages arranged around the outer circumference of the arena. Bailey & Co., which was descended from Bailey, Brown & Co. and Green & Bailey of 1833, said they had sixteen menagerie wagons, but we would guess they were counting drays as well as cages.

The Brothers Joseph Todd Bailey (1807-1881) and James Purdy Bailey (1812-1853) were two of the ten children of Hachaliah Bailey, the man we credit for starting all this. Their brother Lewis (1795-1870) had been in the business for some years and we think he owned this menagerie and circus. When it was folded into the Zoological Institute in 1835 it was known as Lewis Bailey & Co.

They said they had many cat animals in their collection; we find reference to a cheetah and three lions. They also had a polar bear and a zebra. Solomon Bailey, a cousin, was the keeper who “will perform the hazardous task of entering the cage each day.”

Stuart Thayer, A History of the Traveling Menagerie

References for records about J. T. and J. P. Bailey's Menagerie and Circus

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). J. T. and J. P. Bailey's Menagerie and Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3608. (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
http://www.somershistoricalsoc.org/menageries2p3.html

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