Thaddeus Crane Jr.

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Thaddeus Crane Jr.
Profession circus assistant director
Personal details
Born 1779-12-31 in United States
Dead in United States
Country United States
Locations
Title owner 1835-1837
Location at The Zoological Institute in United States
Title owner 1834-1835
Location at Crane & Eldreds Menagerie and Circus United in United States
Title assistant director -
Location at Gregory, Crane and Co Menagerie in United States
Biography details

Thaddeus Crane Jr., circus assistant director in United States

Born 1779-12-31 in United States in United States , son of other Thaddeus Crane Sr. .

Records about Thaddeus Crane Jr. from A History of the Traveling Menagerie at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
February 14, 1821, Miller sold what he called the “Exhibition of Animals.” This was accomplished in Virginia and the buyers were Thaddeus Crane Jr. and Gerard Crane of Westchester. They paid Miller $3,500 for a Brazilian tiger and tigress (again, jaguars), an African leopard and “leopardess,” a coatimundi, two English organs, a bass drum, an Italian cymbal, two wagons, five horses and harness, and all the signs, cuts and “apparatus.”

Stuart Thayer, A History of the Traveling Menagerie



The brothers Thaddeus Crane Jr. and Gerard Crane, came to Somers in 1807. They were entrepreneurs, who made their fortune in the early years of the circus industry. In 1807, Thaddeus Crane Jr. bought a large farm in Somers with his teenage brother, Gerard.

Their father,Thaddeus Crane Sr., was a prominent citizen of North Salem who served as a Revolutionary militia officer, a New York State assemblyman and a representative to the state convention that voted to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Before entering the menagerie business the brothers were farmers and Thaddeus Jr., was also a blacksmith.

The brothers were inspired to join the menagerie business by their neighbor Hachaliah Bailey. Beginning around 1815, they started to expand on their menagerie business and built a considerable fortune. The brothers collaborated with their neighbors to merge menageries and circuses. Some of these neighbors included Benjamin Lent and Lewi Lent, and members of the Brown, Purdy, Wright, Finch, and Ganung families.(Somers Historical Society) The American Traveling Circus industry was produced by combining the menageries, which exhibited exotic animals including elephants, rhinoceros, and large cats and the traditional circus, which focused mainly on entertainment including clowns, acrobats, trick riders and other performers. Horses were the only animals typically used in the traditional circus. (Willams, 137)

The brothers became members of the Zoological Institute in 1835 along with other 128 menagerie proprietors. Nearing his retirement in 1849, Gerard decided to construct a home and named it the Stone House.


Siblings

Siblings through the father Thaddeus Crane Sr. (1728-03-27 -- ):

  1. Gerard Crane Born 1791 Dead: † 1872

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). assistant director Thaddeus Crane Jr. in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1574. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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