1907 – Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

The new title of the Carl Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus started for the first time in 1907 after Ben Wallace had bought the defunct Carl Hagenbeck Trained Wild Animal Show. With the Ben Wallace winter quarters three miles east of Peru, IN. the stranded Hagenbeck show was brought back from Mexico and the wagons, animals, people and business dealing all were united into a new and stellar show. With Ben Wallace already having six elephants, 15 more were added with the Hagenbeck Purchase. Having run out of room at the winter quarters, 5 elephants were quickly sold.

Carl Hagenbeck & Great Wallace Shows Combined, 1907

April
27 – Peru, Indiana
28 – Sunday
29 – Marion, Indiana
30 – Muncie, Indiana
May
1 – Kokomo, Indiana
2 – Logansport, Indiana
3 – Fort Wayne, Indiana
4 – Findlay, Ohio
5 – Sunday
6 – Dayton, Ohio
7 – Chillicothe, Ohio
8 – Wellston, Ohio
9 – Ironton, Ohio
10 – Portsmouth, Ohio
11 – Huntington, West Virginia
12 – Sunday
13 – Charleston, West Virginia
14 – Middleport, Ohio
15 – Parkersburg, West Virginia
16 – Sistersville, West Virginia
17 – Clarkesburg, West Virginia
18 – Fairmount, West Virginia
19 – Sunday
20 – Grafton, West Virginia
21 – Morgantown, West Virginia
22 – McKeesport, Pennsylvania
23 – Johnstown, Pennsylvania
24 – Braddock, Pennsylvania
25 – Charleroi, Pennsylvania
26 – Sunday
27-28 – Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
29 – Greensburg, Pennsylvania
30 – Altoona, Pennsylvania
31 – Clearfield, Pennsylvania
June
1 – Huntington, Pennsylvania
2 – Sunday
3 – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
4 – York, Pennsylvania
5 – Coatesville, Pennsylvania
6 – Trenton, New Jersey
7 – New Brunswick, New Jersey
8 – Elizabeth, New Jersey
9 – Sunday
10-15 – Brooklyn, New York
16 – Sunday
17 – Jersey City, New Jersey
18 – Newark, New Jersey
19 – Easton, Pennsylvania
20 – Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
21 – Scranton, Pennsylvania
22 – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
23 – Sunday
24 – Williamsport, Pennsylvania
25 – Elmira, New York
26 – Geneva, New York
27 – Rochester, New York
28 – Mt. Morris, New York
29 – Olean, New York
30 – Sunday
July
1 – Warren, Pennsylvania
2 – Oil City, Pennsylvania
3 – New Castle, Pennsylvania
4 – Sharon, Pennsylvania
5 – Youngstown, Ohio
6 – Akron, Ohio
7 – Sunday
8-9 – Cleveland, Ohio
10 – Toledo, Ohio
11 – Ann Arbor, Michigan
12 – Detroit, Michigan
13 – Port Huron, Michigan
14 – Sunday
15 – LaPeer, Michigan
16 – Bay City, Michigan
17 – Lansing, Michigan
18 – Adrian, Michigan
19 – Coldwater, Michigan
20 – Elkhart, Indiana
21 – Sunday
22 – South Bend, Indiana
23 – Muskegon, Michigan
24 – Big Rapids, Michigan
25 – Manistee, Michigan
26 – Traverse City, Michigan
27 – Cadillac, Michigan
28 – Sunday
29 – Grand Rapids, Michigan
30 – La Grange, Indiana
31 – Bluffton, Indiana
August
1 – Hartford City, Indiana
2 – Connersville, Indiana
3 – Rushville, Indiana
4 – Sunday
5 – Indianapolis, Indiana
6 – Bloomington, Indiana
August
7 – Linton, Indiana
8 – Robinson, Illinois
9 – Vincennes, Indiana
10 – Martinsville, Indiana
11 – Sunday
12 – Brazil, Indiana
13 – Greenfield, Indiana
14 – New Castle, Indiana
15 – Lebanon, Indiana
16 – Shelbyville, Indiana
17 – Greensburg, Indiana
18 – Sunday
19 – Warsaw, Indiana
20 – Wabash, Indiana
21 – Huntington, Indiana
22 – Delphi, Indiana
23 – Rensselaer, Indiana
24 – Hammond, Indiana
25 – Sunday
26 – Valparaiso, Indiana
27 – Columbia City, Indiana
28 – Plymouth, Indiana
29 – South Bend, Indiana
30 – La Porte, Indiana
31 – Rochester, Indiana
September
1 – Sunday
2 – Frankfort, Indiana
3 – Peoria, Illinois
4 – Carrollton, Illinois
5 – Carlinsville, Illinois
6 – East St. Louis, Illinois
7 – Vandalia, Illinois
8 – Sunday
9 – Casey, Illinois
10 – Rockville, Indiana
11 – Paris, Illinois
12 – Mount Carmel, Illinois
13 – Harrisburg, Illinois
14 – Herrin, Illinois
15 – Sunday
16 – Paducah, Kentucky
17 – Princeton, Kentucky
18 – Hopkinsville, Kentucky
19 – Clarkesville, Tennessee
20 – Nashville, Tennessee
21 – Lebanon, Tennessee
22 – Sunday
23 – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
24 – Fayetteville, Tennessee
25 – Winchester, Tennessee
26 – Chattanooga, Tennessee
27 – Rome, Georgia
28 – Mariett, Georgia
29 – Sunday
30 – Atlanta, Georgia
October
1 – Madison, Georgia
2 – Athens, Georgia
3 – Washington, Georgia
4 – Augusta, Georgia
5 – Milledgeville, Georgia
6 – Sunday
7 – Macon, Georgia
8 – Dublin, Georgia
9 – Hopkinsville, Georgia
10 – Fitzgerald, Georgia
11 – Douglas, Georgia
12 – Brunswick, Georgia
13 – Sunday
14 – Cordele, Georgia
15 – Montezuma, Georgia
16 – La Grange, Georgia
17 – Newman, Georgia
18 – West Point, Georgia
19 – Selma, Alabama
20 – Sunday
21 – Montgomery, Alabama
22 – Troy, Alabama
23 – Ozark, Alabama
24 – Bainbridge, Georgia
25 – Thomasville, Georgia
26 – Valdosta, Georgia
27 – Sunday
28 – Jacksonville, Florida
29 – Waycross, Georgia
30 – Savannah, Georgia
31 – Charleston, South Carolina
November
1 – Sumter, South Carolina
2 – Columbia, South Carolina
3 – Sunday
4 – Charlotte, North Carolina
5 – Greensboro, North Carolina
6 – Fayetteville, North Carolina
7 – Wilson, North Carolina
8 – Weldon, North Carolina
9 – Petersburg, Virginia
10 – Sunday
11 – Roanoke, Virginia
End of season

General offices and winter quarters, Peru, Indiana. First year the combined titles were out. B. E. Wallace, owner.

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