American Circus Corporation: Difference between revisions

[[Al G. Barnes Circus]] was an American circus run by [[Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846966-2,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024185429/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846966-2,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |quote=Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse (Al G. Barnes), 68, circusman, founder and longtime owner of Barnes's Circus; after a lingering illness; in [[Indio, California]]. He started his show in 1895 with a pony, a phonograph, a stereopticon. A colorful participant at every performance, he would lead the opening parade seated on the head of a mammoth elephant. Two years ago he sold his interests to Circusman John Ringling for $1,000,000. |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=August 3, 1931 |access-date=2008-07-22 }}</ref>