Call Nummber
CWM Mss 67
(Old Series 1325)
Title
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Engineering Division, Circus Contracts 1905-1951. (1.4. c.f. 2 archives boxes)
Agency History
Chapter 183, Laws of 1931, renamed the Railroad Commission as the Public Service Commission. Comprehensive motor carrier regulation was added by Chapter 488, Laws of 1933. Securities regulation was transferred to the Banking Dept. in 1937. The Reorganization Act of 1967 continued the commission as an independent regulatory agency. Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, transferred transportation regulation to the Transportation Commission. The commission is responsible for the regulation of the public utilities as defined in Section 196.01, Wis. Stat., including those municipally owned and operated. The commission must review and evaluate the advance plans for proposed facilities filed biennially by all electric utilities (including cooperatives), and conduct research and sponsor demonstration projects relating to the forecasting of demand, pricing structure and power operation and supply. The commission reviews environmental impact statements and conducts studies of long-range energy requirements and supply. The Commission also has responsibility in the areas of telecommunications and natural gas and electric power with respect to emergency resource management.
Scope and Content
Copies of contracts and attached special tariffs between railroad companies and circuses, carnivals, and traveling shows for the transportation of equipment, animals, and personnel to and from Wisconsin points. Contracting railroad companies include Chicago & Northwestern, 1906-1942; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, 1908-1941; Northern Pacific, 1928-1930; Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, 1909-1942; Green Bay Western, 1909-1931; and Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic, 1915-1951.
The contracts are arranged alphabetically by railroad company.
Transferred from the Wisconsin Historical Society, August 1997.
Container List
Box Folder
1 1 Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus, 1907
2 Al G. Barnes & Sells – Floto Circus, 1938
3 Al G. Barnes Circus, 1921-1936
4 America’s Model Shows, 1935
5 Amusement Corporation of America, 1939-1941
6 Arlington & Beckmann’s Oklahoma Ranch Wild West, 1913
7 Barlow Show, 1928
8 Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1907-1911
9 Beckmann & Gerety Shows, 1930-1938
10 Bernardi Exposition, 1930
11 Big Otto Trained Animal Show, 1905
12 Browning, Chas, 1905
13 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, 1908
14 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West & Pawnee Bill, 1909
15 C A Wortham Shows, 1921-1929
16 Calumet Amusement Co., 1924
17 Campbell Bros. Circus, 1912
18 Campbell Bailey Hutchison Circus, 1920-1921
19 Capitol City Amusement Co., 1911-1912
20 Carl Hagenbeck’s Circus, 1906
21 Castle – Ehrlich – Hirsch Shows Inc., 1932
22 Chicago Amusement Enterprise, 1905
23 Christy Bros. Circus, 1922-1927
24 Circus Effects, 1911-1912
25 Clyde Beatty Circus, 1951
26 Col. G.W. Hall’s Circus, 1905-1909
27 Cole Bros. Circus, 1929-1941
28 Con. T. Kennedy Shows, 1920-1924
29 Cooper & Robinson Dog & Pony Show, 1909
30 De Kreko Bros. Shows, 1925-1927
31 Dode Fisk Circus, 1908-1910
32 Dodson’s World Fair Shows, 1926-1945
33 Dykman and Joyce Shows, 1922-1924
34 Ferari Bros. Shows United, 1905
35 Gentry Bros. Shows, 1909-1927
36 Gollmar Bros. Circus, 1905-1922
37 Gollmar Bros. & Jas. Patterson Circus, 1917
38 Goodman Wonder Shows, 1940-1941
39 Great Cosmopolitan Shows, 1909-1911
40 Great Gaskill Shows, 1905-1906
41 Great Middle West Shows, 1922-1924
42 Great Mundy Shows, 1906
43 Great Parker Amusement Co., 1906-1907
44 Great Patterson Shows, 1912
45 Great Western Show, 1908
46 Great Whiteway Shows, 1921-1922
47 Greater Alamo Shows, 1921
48 Greater Alpine Shows, 1923
49 Greater Sheesley Shows, 1922-1925
50 H.T. Freed Exposition Co., 1920-1921
51 Haas, Bert, 1920-1921
52 Hagenbeck Wallace & Forepaugh Sells Bros. Circus, 1935
53 Hagenbeck Wallace Circus, 1908-1932
54 Hales Fire Fighters, 1906
55 Hanscher Bros. Amusement Co., 1921-1922
56 Hennies Bros. Shows Inc., 1937-1938
57 Herbert A. Kline Shows, 1908-1909
58 Heritage Bros. Circus, 1926
59 Hoffman Baloon & Attraction Co., 1905
60 Howe’s Great London Circus, 1922
61 Irwin Bros. Real Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild West Shows, 1913
62 J. Frank Hatch Shows, 1906-1912
63 J.F. McGrail Show, 1908
64 J.H. Eschman Circus, 1916
65 John Robinson’s Circus, 1905-1922
66 Johnny J. Jones Exposition Shows, 1920-1942
67 K.G. Barkoot Shows, 1911-1924
68 Kehoe & Davis Shows, 1921
69 Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West, 1911
70 L.J. Heth Shows, 1921-1922
71 Lachman – Carson Exposition Shows, 1923-1935
72 LaTena’s Circus, 1917
73 Leslie Bodnar Shows, 1928
74 Mazeppa Greater United Shows, 1912
75 Metropolitan Carnival Co., 1906
76 Mighty Doris Exposition Shows, 1922
77 Mighty Haag Shows, 1913
78 Mighty Sheesley Midway, 1937-1939
79 Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West, 1908-1930
80 Miller Bros. Shows, 1929
81 Morris & Castle Shows, 1922-1931
82 Nat Reiss Shows, 1921
83 Norris & Rowe Circus, 1905-1909
84 Orton Bros. Circus, 1916
85 Pains Fall of Port Arthur, 1905
86 Patterson’s Circus, 1922
87 Pawnee Bill’s Wild West, 1907
88 (Prof) E.K. Crocker, 1906
89 Rhoda Royal Circus, 1921
90 Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1920-1942
91 Ringling Bros. Circus, 1905-1911
92 Robbins Bros. Circus, 1905-1930
93 Royal American Shows, 1923-1937
2 1 Rubin & Cherry Shows, 1926-1938
2 S.W. Brundage Shows, 1924-1931
3 Serbel Bros. Dog & Pony Show, 1905-1908
4 Sells Floto Circus, 1909-1930
5 Siegrist & Silbon Show, 1921
6 Smith Carnival Co., 1905
7 Smith Greater Shows, 1909-1924
8 Snapp Bros. (Exposition) Shows, 1921-1928
9 Sol’s United Shows, 1921
10 Sparks Circus, 1913-1925
11 Strayer Amusement Co., 1922-1930
12 Street Carnival Effects, 1908
13 Sun Bros. Circus, 1906
14 Sun Bros. Greater Progressive Shows, 1915-1916
15 Superior Shows, 1920
16 T.A. Wolfe Shows, 1922
17 Talbot’s Fighting the Flames Co., 1906
18 Tiger Bill’s Wild West & Col G.W. Hall’s Circus, 1910
19 United Carnival Shows, 1909
20 Veal Bros. Show, 1921
21 W.H. Coulter Shows, 1911
22 Walter L. Main Circus, 1920-1928
23 Walter Savidge Amusement Co., 1924
24 Wheeler Bros. Circus, 1916
25 Wonder Shows of America, 1942
26 World Bros. Circus, 1923
27 World’s Fair Shows, 1920
28 Wortham & Allen United Shows, 1911
29 Yankee Robinson’s Circus, 1910-1920
30 Tariff Information, 1909-1911
31 Patton Paint Co., 1905
CWM Mss 67
(Old Series 1325)
Title
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Engineering Division, Circus Contracts 1905-1951. (1.4. c.f. 2 archives boxes)
Agency History
Chapter 183, Laws of 1931, renamed the Railroad Commission as the Public Service Commission. Comprehensive motor carrier regulation was added by Chapter 488, Laws of 1933. Securities regulation was transferred to the Banking Dept. in 1937. The Reorganization Act of 1967 continued the commission as an independent regulatory agency. Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, transferred transportation regulation to the Transportation Commission. The commission is responsible for the regulation of the public utilities as defined in Section 196.01, Wis. Stat., including those municipally owned and operated. The commission must review and evaluate the advance plans for proposed facilities filed biennially by all electric utilities (including cooperatives), and conduct research and sponsor demonstration projects relating to the forecasting of demand, pricing structure and power operation and supply. The commission reviews environmental impact statements and conducts studies of long-range energy requirements and supply. The Commission also has responsibility in the areas of telecommunications and natural gas and electric power with respect to emergency resource management.
Scope and Content
Copies of contracts and attached special tariffs between railroad companies and circuses, carnivals, and traveling shows for the transportation of equipment, animals, and personnel to and from Wisconsin points. Contracting railroad companies include Chicago & Northwestern, 1906-1942; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, 1908-1941; Northern Pacific, 1928-1930; Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, 1909-1942; Green Bay Western, 1909-1931; and Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic, 1915-1951.
The contracts are arranged alphabetically by railroad company.
Transferred from the Wisconsin Historical Society, August 1997.
Container List
Box Folder
1 1 Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus, 1907
2 Al G. Barnes & Sells – Floto Circus, 1938
3 Al G. Barnes Circus, 1921-1936
4 America’s Model Shows, 1935
5 Amusement Corporation of America, 1939-1941
6 Arlington & Beckmann’s Oklahoma Ranch Wild West, 1913
7 Barlow Show, 1928
8 Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1907-1911
9 Beckmann & Gerety Shows, 1930-1938
10 Bernardi Exposition, 1930
11 Big Otto Trained Animal Show, 1905
12 Browning, Chas, 1905
13 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, 1908
14 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West & Pawnee Bill, 1909
15 C A Wortham Shows, 1921-1929
16 Calumet Amusement Co., 1924
17 Campbell Bros. Circus, 1912
18 Campbell Bailey Hutchison Circus, 1920-1921
19 Capitol City Amusement Co., 1911-1912
20 Carl Hagenbeck’s Circus, 1906
21 Castle – Ehrlich – Hirsch Shows Inc., 1932
22 Chicago Amusement Enterprise, 1905
23 Christy Bros. Circus, 1922-1927
24 Circus Effects, 1911-1912
25 Clyde Beatty Circus, 1951
26 Col. G.W. Hall’s Circus, 1905-1909
27 Cole Bros. Circus, 1929-1941
28 Con. T. Kennedy Shows, 1920-1924
29 Cooper & Robinson Dog & Pony Show, 1909
30 De Kreko Bros. Shows, 1925-1927
31 Dode Fisk Circus, 1908-1910
32 Dodson’s World Fair Shows, 1926-1945
33 Dykman and Joyce Shows, 1922-1924
34 Ferari Bros. Shows United, 1905
35 Gentry Bros. Shows, 1909-1927
36 Gollmar Bros. Circus, 1905-1922
37 Gollmar Bros. & Jas. Patterson Circus, 1917
38 Goodman Wonder Shows, 1940-1941
39 Great Cosmopolitan Shows, 1909-1911
40 Great Gaskill Shows, 1905-1906
41 Great Middle West Shows, 1922-1924
42 Great Mundy Shows, 1906
43 Great Parker Amusement Co., 1906-1907
44 Great Patterson Shows, 1912
45 Great Western Show, 1908
46 Great Whiteway Shows, 1921-1922
47 Greater Alamo Shows, 1921
48 Greater Alpine Shows, 1923
49 Greater Sheesley Shows, 1922-1925
50 H.T. Freed Exposition Co., 1920-1921
51 Haas, Bert, 1920-1921
52 Hagenbeck Wallace & Forepaugh Sells Bros. Circus, 1935
53 Hagenbeck Wallace Circus, 1908-1932
54 Hales Fire Fighters, 1906
55 Hanscher Bros. Amusement Co., 1921-1922
56 Hennies Bros. Shows Inc., 1937-1938
57 Herbert A. Kline Shows, 1908-1909
58 Heritage Bros. Circus, 1926
59 Hoffman Baloon & Attraction Co., 1905
60 Howe’s Great London Circus, 1922
61 Irwin Bros. Real Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild West Shows, 1913
62 J. Frank Hatch Shows, 1906-1912
63 J.F. McGrail Show, 1908
64 J.H. Eschman Circus, 1916
65 John Robinson’s Circus, 1905-1922
66 Johnny J. Jones Exposition Shows, 1920-1942
67 K.G. Barkoot Shows, 1911-1924
68 Kehoe & Davis Shows, 1921
69 Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West, 1911
70 L.J. Heth Shows, 1921-1922
71 Lachman – Carson Exposition Shows, 1923-1935
72 LaTena’s Circus, 1917
73 Leslie Bodnar Shows, 1928
74 Mazeppa Greater United Shows, 1912
75 Metropolitan Carnival Co., 1906
76 Mighty Doris Exposition Shows, 1922
77 Mighty Haag Shows, 1913
78 Mighty Sheesley Midway, 1937-1939
79 Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West, 1908-1930
80 Miller Bros. Shows, 1929
81 Morris & Castle Shows, 1922-1931
82 Nat Reiss Shows, 1921
83 Norris & Rowe Circus, 1905-1909
84 Orton Bros. Circus, 1916
85 Pains Fall of Port Arthur, 1905
86 Patterson’s Circus, 1922
87 Pawnee Bill’s Wild West, 1907
88 (Prof) E.K. Crocker, 1906
89 Rhoda Royal Circus, 1921
90 Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1920-1942
91 Ringling Bros. Circus, 1905-1911
92 Robbins Bros. Circus, 1905-1930
93 Royal American Shows, 1923-1937
2 1 Rubin & Cherry Shows, 1926-1938
2 S.W. Brundage Shows, 1924-1931
3 Serbel Bros. Dog & Pony Show, 1905-1908
4 Sells Floto Circus, 1909-1930
5 Siegrist & Silbon Show, 1921
6 Smith Carnival Co., 1905
7 Smith Greater Shows, 1909-1924
8 Snapp Bros. (Exposition) Shows, 1921-1928
9 Sol’s United Shows, 1921
10 Sparks Circus, 1913-1925
11 Strayer Amusement Co., 1922-1930
12 Street Carnival Effects, 1908
13 Sun Bros. Circus, 1906
14 Sun Bros. Greater Progressive Shows, 1915-1916
15 Superior Shows, 1920
16 T.A. Wolfe Shows, 1922
17 Talbot’s Fighting the Flames Co., 1906
18 Tiger Bill’s Wild West & Col G.W. Hall’s Circus, 1910
19 United Carnival Shows, 1909
20 Veal Bros. Show, 1921
21 W.H. Coulter Shows, 1911
22 Walter L. Main Circus, 1920-1928
23 Walter Savidge Amusement Co., 1924
24 Wheeler Bros. Circus, 1916
25 Wonder Shows of America, 1942
26 World Bros. Circus, 1923
27 World’s Fair Shows, 1920
28 Wortham & Allen United Shows, 1911
29 Yankee Robinson’s Circus, 1910-1920
30 Tariff Information, 1909-1911
31 Patton Paint Co., 1905