Sunday, May 21, 2006

Al G. Barnes Circus Program 1935 #4


This was a full page Coca Cola ad in the program featuring Martin and Asa Johnson whose documentary films were very popular.
I'm sure you Elephant Historians know that the Coca Cola Co. owned four young elephants in
Atlanta which they used for publicity, they later sold them to Downie Bros. Circus in 1934 where they were named "Marian", "Addie", "Cora" and "Inez" and were thereafter always referred to as the "Coke bulls", ("Addie" was named after Addie Sparks the show owners wife but for some reason, over the years it turned into "Hattie".)
Maybe Richard Reynolds could make mention of them since he an Atlanta native.

Posted by Buckles at 5/21/2006 06:32:00 AM

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does Bill Morris out of Gib-town Still have his Cora

21 May, 2006 08:22
Buckles said...

No this "Cora" eventually wound up with the Beatty Show where she remained thru 1959, then Beers-Barnes Circus 1960-66 and finally to Hoxie Bros. Circus where she died in 1968.

21 May, 2006 09:10
Anonymous said...

Bill Morris still has his Cora, along with an African, by the name of Shannon.

21 May, 2006 22:27
Anonymous said...

BTW ,Asa Candler purchased the elephants from the John T. Benson animal farm.

23 May, 2006 17:04
Anonymous said...

Richard Reynolds says - - -

This young African elephant was flown to the St. Louis zoo.

25 May, 2006 22:46

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