Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Louis E. Reed #1


1898 Walter L. Main
1907 Barnum & Bailey
1912-23 Sparks Circus
1924-25 Sells-Floto
1926 Purchased the Adele Nelson elephants 6/7/26
1926-41 Independent Elephant Act.
1942-48 Dailey Bros. Circus
1949 Biller Bros. Circus
1952 Ringling-Barnum Quarters
1954 Ringling-Barnum Quarters

Died in 1960.
I was told he dropped dead  suddenly while shaving.
As they say, "wagons of wood and men of iron".

Posted by Buckles at 12/05/2012 07:33:00 AM

2 comments:

Ole Whitey said...

I was working on Beatty-Cole when Steve Fanning came around and said Mr Reed had died. Doesn't seem like fifty-two years ago.

05 December, 2012 12:45
Bob Cline said...

Louie was still associated with RBBB in 1958 in some manner as he took the eight elephants up to Charles Garvin's place in Bowling Green, KY., stayed a good while to show them the ropes then headed back to Sarasota. This is recorded in the book Charles Garvin's Dynasty of Dimes.
Bob

05 December, 2012 22:21

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