Nathans Circus | |
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![]() Five celebrated clowns, Nathans Co's Circus | |
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Year founded | 1850 (circa) |
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Type of acts | Colonel Routh Goshen |
Nathans Circus, also known as Welch & Nathans' Circus was a series of circuses operated by the Nathans family in the 1850s. [1] [2] His acts included the Colonel Routh Goshen and Marie Macarte. [3]
The circuses in which Nathans was involved over these years read as follows: 1843 - Welch & Mann; 1844 - Welch, Mann & Delavan; 1845 - Welch, Mann & Delavan; 1846 - Welch, Mann & Delavan; 1847 - Welch & Delavan; 1848 - Welch, Delavan & Nathans; 1849 - Welch, Delavan & Nathans; 1850 - Welch, Delavan & Nathans; 1851 - Welch & Nathans.
In 1848 [as the] Welch and Nathans Circus
[His] real name [was] Routh Goshen, born May 5, 1837, died February 12, 1889, Bright's disease and dropsy, Clyde, New Jersey. Known as the "Palestine Giant," Arabic parents, youngest of 14 or 15 children. Barnum apparently hired him for his museum after encountering him on the streets of New York. Advertised as 7'-6", shoulder 2'-6" and waist 77", weight 560 pounds. Aggrandized by appearing with dwarfs. Associated with Barnum circus 1879-1880 and Nathans & Co. 1882.
Nathans Circus | |
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![]() Five celebrated clowns, Nathans Co's Circus | |
Origin | |
Year founded | 1850 (circa) |
Information | |
Type of acts | Colonel Routh Goshen |
Nathans Circus, also known as Welch & Nathans' Circus was a series of circuses operated by the Nathans family in the 1850s. [1] [2] His acts included the Colonel Routh Goshen and Marie Macarte. [3]
The circuses in which Nathans was involved over these years read as follows: 1843 - Welch & Mann; 1844 - Welch, Mann & Delavan; 1845 - Welch, Mann & Delavan; 1846 - Welch, Mann & Delavan; 1847 - Welch & Delavan; 1848 - Welch, Delavan & Nathans; 1849 - Welch, Delavan & Nathans; 1850 - Welch, Delavan & Nathans; 1851 - Welch & Nathans.
In 1848 [as the] Welch and Nathans Circus
[His] real name [was] Routh Goshen, born May 5, 1837, died February 12, 1889, Bright's disease and dropsy, Clyde, New Jersey. Known as the "Palestine Giant," Arabic parents, youngest of 14 or 15 children. Barnum apparently hired him for his museum after encountering him on the streets of New York. Advertised as 7'-6", shoulder 2'-6" and waist 77", weight 560 pounds. Aggrandized by appearing with dwarfs. Associated with Barnum circus 1879-1880 and Nathans & Co. 1882.