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Tommy

Al G. Barnes Circus · United States

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Life history

Born: 1905
Death reason: euthanised: executed by Police Chief Edward Hobbs in Peru, IN Winterquarters
Age (est.): ~30 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1935-00-00

At this facility

Al G. Barnes Circus

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

1935-00-00
Al G. Barnes Circus
from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1929-00-00
Sells-Floto Circus
from Sells-Floto Circus
1922-00-00
William P. Hall Animal Farm
from William P. Hall Animal Farm
1921-00-00
Port of Hamburg
from Port of Hamburg
Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
Port of Hamburg
from Port of Hamburg
Firma Carl Hagenbeck
from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Sources

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
https://classic.circushistory.org/Pdf/1922SellsFlotoRoute.pdf

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.