Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Joe Metcalf #1


Scan10203, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

No doubt the most travelled elephant man I know of. For some reason, never stayed any place too long but his credentials were impressive.
Seen here in charge of the Hagenbeck-Wallace elephants in 1916 with Anna Donovan.

JOE METCALF
1910-15 Gentry Bros. Circus
1916 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1918 Howard Bros. Circus
1920-21 Howes Great London (Amer. Circus Corp.)
1922 Gollmar Bros. Circus "
1923 Al G. Barnes Circus (Asst. Supt.)
1924 Robbins Bros. Circus
1925 Gollmar Bros. Circus (Monahan)
1926 Heritage Bros. Circus
1927-29 Sells-Floto Circus
1930-31 Al G. Barnes Circus
1935 Selig Zoo
1936 Ken Maynard Wild West
1940 Lincoln Park Zoo (Los Angeles)
1948 Goebel's Lion Farm

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