GENTRY BROS. CIRCUS, 1928 (or -29) TOUR
Fifteen railcar show. 40th annual Tour under this title.
April, 1928 Tour
(the 3 cities prior to and after Oswego - to show how the 15 car train moved)
6 - Albion, New York
7 - Canadaigua, New York
8 - Geneva, New York
9 - Oswego, New York
Sunday
11 - Oneida, New York
12 - Little Falls, New York
13 - Amsterdam, New York
August, 1929 Tour
(the 3 cities prior to and after Oswego - to show how the 17 car train moved)
8 - Port Jervis, New York
9 - Walton, New York
10 - Carbondale, Pennsylvania
11-12 - Oswego, New York
13 - Corning, New York
14 - Wellsville, New York
15 - Corry, Pennsylvania
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The Gentry Bros. Circus title was founded 1886 by the Gentry Bros. During the 1928 Tour Gentry Bros. Circus was owned by the King Bros. (Floyd and Howard - well known Circus people). They owned two Titles: in 1929 their 15 car show was called Gentry Bros., and the 10 car show, Cole Bros. Cole had a fairly good season in 1929 but what profits it made had to be put into the Gentry show to keep going. Gentry Bros. suffered an extremely bad year due to foul weather, heavy opposition, and poor business, and despite the financial help it received from the smaller show, it finally went broke at Paris, Tenn., on Oct. 27. Cole Bros. continued out the season and went into winter quarters at Brenham, Texas.
IDENTIFIED WAGONS FEATURED IN THIS MOVIE
-Sparks Two Statue Tableau (Clown Car)
-Air Calliope (ex Gollmar Bros.)
In 1925 the Two Statue Tableau went on the King’s new flat car show titled Walter L. Main Circus and remained there for the 1926 and 1927 seasons. In 1928 and 1929 the show was called Gentry Bros. Circus. It was on the Gentry show when it folded at Paris, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1929.
The Air Calliope wagon was built for Gollmar Bros. about 1913 by Moeller Bros. of Baraboo WI. The air calliope served on the Gollmar Bros. Circus from about 1913 through the 1916 season, and in 1917 was on the James Patterson-Gollmar Bros. Combined Circus. During the years 1913-21 it was owned by Patterson and it is quite possible it could have been used on one of the Patterson carnivals. This is just a possibility. In those days carnivals frequently used bandwagons and calliopes, both steam and air for bally-hoo purposes. For example in 1919 Patterson put the Gollmar Bros. steam calliope on the Patterson and Kline Carnival. In 1922 when Patterson returned to the circus field this air calliope went on his Patterson’s Big 4 Ring Wild Animal Circus, and in 1923-24-25 was on the Gentry Bros.-James Patterson Circus. After the Gentry-Patterson show was sold to Floyd and Howard King in the winter of 1925-26 they used it on their 15 car show for the 1926 through 1929 seasons. In 1926 and 1927 the King’s 15 car show was called Walter L. Main Circus, and in 1928 and 1929 it was titled Gentry Bros. Circus. Gentry Bros. went broke in Paris, Tenn., October 22, 1929. The property was moved to Nashville and soon was taken over by the Donaldson Lithographing Co. of Cincinnati who held a mortgage on it. The show with exception of a few cars which were the property of the Warren Tank Car Co. was sent to the old Hagenbeck-Wallace quarters in West Baden, Indiana.
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DANNY, THE MALE ELEPHANT
The young male elephant with the tusks would have been DANNY, who later in his years was a huge tusker working on the World of Mirth carnival where he met his demise. The last glimpse of a wagon in the video shows the old Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows Russia Tableau. The only time in history that DANNY and the Russia tableau overlap is on Floyd and Howard King's Gentry Bros. Circus in 1928 and 1929.
Records about Danny the Elephant from Bob Cline
DANNY 1922 - arrives in US imported by the American Circus Corp.
Male Asian 1922 - Gollmar Bros. Circus
1923 - remained in winter quarters
1924 - Harris Bros. Circus
1925 - Walter L. Main Circus
1926 to 1928 - Gentry Bros. Circus
1929 - Cole Bros. Circus
1930 to 1931 - Otis L. Smith Carnival
1931 to 1935 - Maybelles Elephants ( Otis L. Smiths daughter )
1936 - Kay Bros. Circus
1936 - bought by Barnett Bros. Circus
1937 - Wallace Bros. Circus
1938 - Barnett Bros. Circus
1938 - Given to Highland Park Zoo near Pittsburgh, PA.
1939 to 1941 - Highland Park Zoo
Died - sometime in 1941
This sat on a reel with family footage, no further details are known.
Currently we are awaiting more details regarding the actual tour.
It has already been confirmed to be either 1928 or 1929.
For the time being, we share the details of both Tours.
SOURCES
CircusHistory.org
Once again Bob Cline and Lane Talburt helped and encouraged me to do what I love most: research, edit, compose and present.
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