Haag Family Circus History Outline
Ernest Haag's European
Pavillion 1895
Haag's Circus?
1896,
1898
Ernest Haag's Circus?
1897,
1899, 1901
The Mighty Haag Shows
(1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor (1894-1935)
Alice Hubbard Haag - (...1897-1938)
Harry Haag Sr. (1900-1935,1937,1938)
Harry Haag Jr. (...1938)
Ruby Haag (1928-1935)
Helen Haag (...1936-1938)
The Mighty Haag Shows
(1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
1906
Ernest Haag - Manager and Owner
Alice Haag - Front Door, Tickets
Tip and Alice the Elephants
(Billboard 5-26-1906, pg24)
1907
Tip, Babe, and Alice the Elephants
7-20-1907
Mighty Haag Shows - Touring Kentucky
Ernest Haag - General Manager and Proprietor
(Billboard 7-20-1907, pg23,24)
The Mighty Haag
Railroad Shows (1909-1914)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Haag Imperial Elephants
Roy Haag - Tickets
(Billboard 5-28-1910, pg18)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
(Billboard 3-18-1911, pg76)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Roy Hague - Trainmaster
Harley D. Hubbard - Boss Hostler
(Billboard 3-22-1913, pg75)
3-27-1913 (from program)
The Mighty Haag's Stud of Trained Elephants
Ernest Haag - Owner
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Roy Haag - Tickets
(Billboard 4-5-1913, pg10)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and General
Manager
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Harley D. Hubbard - Supervisor Reserved Seats
(Billboard 3-28-1914, pg48)
1914
Tip, Alice, and ... the Elephants
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and General
Manager
Harley D. Hubbard - Tickets
Roy Haag - Side Show Tickets
(Billboard 4-8-1915, pg56)
2-26-1917
Performing Elephants
Roy Haag - Side-show Tickets
(Billboard 3-24-1917, pg58)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Harley D. Hubbard - Secretary
(Billboard 3-30-1918, pg64)
John Robinson's Circus
1921
Harry Haag - Inside Ticket Seller (from program)
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
Ernest Haag - Owner
Roy Haag - Assistant
Harry Haag - Assistant
Henry E. Haag - Traveling with for a short time
(Billboard 9-2-1922, pg62)
3-7-1923
Ernest Haag - Proprietor
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Mrs. Susie Haag - Secretary
Harry Haag - Assistant Manager
Harley D. Hubbard - Supervisor Reserved Seats
(Billboard 3-17-1923, pg82)
3-12-1924
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Mrs. H.E. Haag - Secretary
Harry Haag - Special Agent
Harley D. Hubbard - Supervisor Reserved Seats
(Billboard 3-22-1924, pg85)
3-18-1925
Ernest Haag - Proprietor
Mrs. Alice Haag - Treasurer
Harry Haag - Assistant Manager and Legal Adjuster
Mrs. Susie Haag - Secretary
Fred Brown - Local Contr.
W.X. Fisher - Press Agent
Harley D. Hubbard - Supervisor Reserved Seats
(Billboard 3-21-1925, pg98)
Ernest Haag - Proprietor
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Harry Haag - Assistant Manager
Fred Brown - Local Contr.
Harley D. Hubbard - Supervisor Reserved Seats
(Billboard 3-20-1926, pg211)
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer and Front Door
Harry Haag - Assistant Manager
(Billboard 7-10-1926, pg56,59)
8-20-1927
Harley Hubbard - Inside Tickets
Harry Haag - Superintendent of Concessions
Col. Haag (Ernest Haag)
(Billboard 8-27-1927, pg68)
3-24-1928
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Harry Haag - Assistant Manager and Supervisor Priv.
Mrs. E. Haag - Treasurer
Fred Brown - Advance Press Agent
Harley Hubbard - Supervisor Reserved Seats
Harry Haag - Announcer
(Billboard 3-24-1928, pg 175)
1928
Ruby Fisher Joins
Josephine Fisher Silverlake
Tip and Alice the Elephants
1929
Four Fisher Sisters - Acrobats, Aerialists
The Silverlakes
2-9-1929
The Silverlakes
Four Fisher Sisters - Acrobats and Aerialists
(Billboard 2-16-1929, pg62)
3-23-1929
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Mrs. E Haag - Treasurer and Secretary
Fred Brown - Local Contr.
Harry Haag - Equestrian Director
H.D. Hubbard - Superintendent Reserved Seat Tickets
(Billboard 3-23-1929, pg94)
Rain or Shine (1930)
movie with Joe Cook
Ruby Haag? - aerial
The Mighty Haag Shows
(1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
4-4-1931
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Ruby Haag - Secretary
Harry Haag - Assistant Manager
(Billboard 4-4-1931, pg72)
8-27-1932
Ernest Haag - Proprietor and Manager
Ruby Haag - Secretary
Harry Haag - Assistant Manager and Legal Adjuster
Mrs. Ernest Haag - Secretary and Front Door
Betty Haag - Dog Troupe
Ruby Haag - Alice and Tip the Elephants
Ruby Haag - Roman Ladders, Iron Jaw, Swinging Ladders
(Billboard 9-3-1932, pg 32, 35)
7-29-1933
Ruby Haag - Haag Elephants (2)
Ruby Haag - Roman Ladders, Iron Jaw
Harry Haag - Legal Adjuster
Mrs. Ernest Haag - Front Door
Helen Haag Durett - Ticket Taker
(Billboard 8-5-1933, pg 28, 31)
United Amusement Co.
(...1934...)
"We can furnish anything in show business
from a one man vaudeville to a three ring circus"
Royal Center Indiana
Dr. Fisher and Family
Harry and Ruby Haag
Brownie and Josephine Silverlake
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
4-27-1935
Ruby Haag - Dogs
Ruby Haag - Haag's Elephants
Bertha Haag - Menage
Pit Show - Buster Hayes
Mrs. Ernest Haag - Owner
Harry E. Haag - General Manager
Helen Durret - Secretary, Treasurer
Roy Haag - Assistant manager, Legal Adjuster
Harley Hubbard - Reserved Seats
(Billboard 5-4-1935, pg 42)
Walter L Main Circus (1885-1937)
(5-25-1935)
Ruby and Harry Haag - Trained Dogs
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
1936 (newspaper ad)
Miss Helen Haag - Carried Full Length of Tent in Elephant's Mouth
5-1936
Helen Haag - Elephant
Bud Hawkins Circus (March 1936 - Aug 1936)
7-4-1936
Fischer Troupe of Acrobats
Harry Haag Sr. - Equestrian Director
Mlle. Ruby - Single Traps, Human Fly
(Billboard 7-11-1936, pg36)
Ruby, Josephine, Arthur (?)
(Ruby Haag - Trained Dogs)
Harry Haag's All Star Circus Revue
(from newspaper) (1936?)
Browning?, (misprint?) Brownie?
Silverlake Trio
Raymond Duke
Josephine
Fisher Troupe
4-1936
Schwarz Bros owners
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
12-12-1936
Helen Haag - Alice the Elephant - Body Carry in Mouth
(Billboard 1-9-1937, pg37 - photo)
4-20-1937
Dayton
Miss Helen Haag - Carried Full Length of
Tent in Elephant's Mouth
(1937 newspaper ad)
5-1937
Alice Haag - Owner
Harry Haag
Helen Haag
6-16-1937
Helen Haag - Elephants Alice and Tip
Harry Haag's Big 3 Ring Circus
(from ticket) (from letterhead) (1935?, 1936, 1937?)
Harry E. Haag - General Manager
Olympia Circus (1928?...1931-1943)
Chicago Stadium, Chicago Illinois
Ruby Haag - dogs (1938) April?
Chicago Stadium with a big circus
(...?...)
Alice the elephant drops Ruby Haag in Chicago Stadium where Sonya Henne ice
skated (?)
back hits tub, fractured ribs on x-ray
Jr Order of American Mechanics
Indoor fair
Ruby Haag - Aerialist (1938)
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938)(1891-1938?)
4-16-1938
Haag's Wire Walking Dogs
Helen Haag - Elephants
Mrs. Ernest Haag - Manager
Lester Hayes - Concessions
(Billboard 4-23-1938, pg34)
Harry Haag - Construction (1938) - after July?
Alice Haag - Owner
Helen Haag - Manager
___________?____________
(4-1939)
Ruby and Harry Haag
train from Seymour to Hibbings Minn
3 days of trapeze, dogs
Elks Circus
(1934-1941...)
Gray's Circus
Bismarck North Dakota
World War Memorial Building
Ruby Fisher - Fisher Elephants
(June 1- 7,1939)
6th Annual
Aerial Ballet
Haag's Performing Dogs
Miss Ruby, Ruby Haag - Loop Walk
Judy the Elephant
Alice the Elephant
(Bismarck Tribune, ND 6-1-1939)
Syrian Shrine Circus
Polack Bros (1931-1976)(1932-1976?)
February 11-18, 1940
Music Hall North Arena
Ruby Haag - Trained Dogs
Ruby Haag - Single Trapeze, Heel and Toe Catches, Swinging Ladder,
Iron Jaw, Loop Walk
Ruby Haag - Judy the Elephant
Harry Haag - Judy the Elephant
(Billboard 2-24-1940, pg 30,59)
Elks Circus
(1934-1941...)
Bismarck North Dakota
World War Memorial Building
March 26-30, 1940
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Dogs
Charles Duncan - Elephant trainer and helper
Ruby and Harry Haag - Fisher Elephants
Judy the Elephant
Wendell L.
Wilkie Campaign
1940 against Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fisher Elephants
Greater Olympia Circus (1931-1943)
Chicago Stadium, Chicago Illinois
(April 18 - May 4 1941) (from program)
Ruby Haag - Aerial Ballet
Haag's Elephants
Shrine Circus
Winnipeg
Amphitheatre Rink
(5/1/1940 - 5/10/1940)
Miss Ruby Fisher
Alice and Judy the elephants
(Winnipeg Free Press 5/2/1941)
King Bros Circus (1942. 1946-1956)
4-11-1942
Harry Haag -
assistant director
(Billboard 4-18-1942, pg28)
Olympia Circus (1931-1943)
Chicago Stadium
April 17 - May 3, 1942 (from program)
Chicago Stadium
Haag - aerial swing ballet (Ladders)
Haag's Elephants
4-25-1942
Haag's Elephants - Ruby Haag carried in mouth of elephant down tract
Haag - Aerial Swing Ballet (Ladders)
Fisher - Aerial Swing Ballet (Ladders)
(Billboard 5-2-1942, pg39,40,58)
Olympia Circus (1931-1943)
Olympia Stadium -
Detroit (May 8-17, 1942)
(Billboard 5-2-1942, pg39,40,58)
King Bros Circus (1942. 1946-1956)
(5-16-1942)
Harry Haag - assistant director
Harry Haag - Dog Act
(Billboard 5-23-1942, pg 36, 55)
1942
Alice and Judy the elephants
Harry Haag - assistant director
Harry Haag - Dog act
(Bandwagon Nov/ Dec 1963, pg 23-25)
Alice and Toto - Elephants
Ruby Haag - Elephant Trainer
(Coshocton Tribune, Ohio 6-6-1942)
Annual Indoor
Circus
Hammond Civic Center, Indiana
November 26-29, 1942
Fisher's Elephants
Corina - Elephant boy
(Hammond Times 11-19-1942)
Fisher's Elephants -
Dumbo and Cutie
(Hammond Times 11-19-1942)
Olympia Circus (1931-1943)
Chicago Stadium
April 24 - May 9 1943 (from program)
11th Annual
Chicago Stadium
Haag - aerial swing ballet
Haag's Elephants
Doc Haag and elephants, Alice and Judy
Snow the Spitz
Ruby Haag carried in Alice the elephant's mouth
(Chicago Daily News
5-8-1943)
Haag's Elephants
Ruby Haag - Aerial ballet
Ruby Haag - Ruby's Dogs
(Billboard 5-8-1943, pg37,38)
Shrine Circus (Seils
Sterling Circus) (1922-1938, 1944, 1947, 1975)
Sheboygan Wisconsin
Armory
November 1943
Fisher's Performing Elephants
Ruby Fisher - Upside walk swing
(Sheboygan Press, Wisconsin 11-17-1943)
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland, Ohio
15th Annual - 1944
Feb. 10-26, 1944
(from poster)
Ruby Haag - animals (1944)
Ruby Haag - Aerial Webb (2-21-1944)
Clyde Beatty - Lions and Tigers
(2-21-1944) in Cleveland Ohio
(Ruby Haag fell with the web and broke her pelvis,hip and back)
(Harry Haag Jr. was with Grandma in Brownstown, Indiana)
(Dr said she would never perform again)
Her Dr. was later the coroner in Cuyahoga county in Ohio
for
Sam Sheppard's wife
in 1954
(1 year later, Ruby performed web on a Orrin Davenport Shrine Show)
Orrin Davenport
from Chicago - booking agent for Shrine Shows
1937 stops riding act
(late 1940's - a leader in the indoor shows)
(He used Ringling acts, Independent acts to Grand Rapids, Detroit, other cities
as annual Shrine Circus)
(1950's grew in stature)
Zuhrah Shrine Circus
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Auditorium
Ruby Haag - aerial (March 13-18, 1944) 26th annual
Ruby Haag - dogs
Barnes Bros
(1930,1944-1948)
Barnes Bros - Olympia Combined Circus (1944)
Beers Barnes Circus (1944)
Barnes Bros - Olympia Combined Circus (1944)
Chicago Stadium
April 14 - May 7 1944 (from program)
(The Misses Haag) Ruby Haag - Swing Ballet of the Air
Haag's Elephants
Misses Haag - Air
Ballet
Haag's Elephants
(Billboard 5-6-1944 pg40,59)
___________?___________
3-1945? newspaper
Harry Haag - Harry Haag's Dogs
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Dogs
Naomi - age 10, trained black Cocker Spaniel
St. Louis Police Circus
(April 22 - May 6,1945)
Haag's Dogs
Harry Haag's Elephants
(Billboard 5-5-1945, pg42)
Bud E Anderson (1923-1925,
1939-1941, 1944-1945)
Ruby Haag - aerial (1945)
Ruby - Aerial Ballet
(Billboard 5-26-1945, pg45,64)
Montgomery County Fair
(Sept 1-5, 1945)
Judy the Elephant (11 years old)
Charles Doc Haag
Damascus Shrine Circus
Rochester New York
Ruby Haag - dogs (11-1945)
Crystal
Newark Ohio
Judy, the tight wire walking elephant
15 canine stars in true circus background.
Ruby Fisher who is the trainer of the animal attraction, is master of ceremonies
(The Advocate, Newark Ohio 7-29-1946)
Midian Shrine Circus
Wichita, Kansas
Ruby Haag - dogs (1946)
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland Ohio
Public Auditorium
(Feb 17 - March 2, 1947) (from program)
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Educated Canines
Haag's Educated Canines
Shrine Circus
Winnipeg
Ruby Haag - dogs (1947)
(Winnipeg 5-9-1947)
Osman Shrine Circus
St Paul MN
Ruby and Harry Haag - dogs (1947)
Braly Circus (...1949-1953)
Ruby Haag - dog (1947)
Limestone County Fair
La Crosse Shrine Circus
Ward Bros Circus (1948-1950)
June-25-27-1948 (from Program)
Harry Haag - Lotus the Elephant
Harry Haag - dogs (1948)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Ruby Haag - dogs (1949) Feb?
Osman Shrine Circus
St Paul MN
Ruby and Harry Haag - dogs (1949)
Cole Bros Circus (1906-9, 1912-13, 1916-17, 1918-24,
1929-30, 1935-36, 1937-48, 1949)
Eugene "Arky" Scott was in charge of the Elephant bulls (1942-1949)
(Charles "Doc" Haag worked for Arky Scott) (...1949...)
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland, Ohio
Harry Haag - Dogs and Ponies (1950)
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Canines (1950)
Osman Shrine Circus
St Paul MN
Harry Haag - dogs (1950)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Ruby Haag - dogs (1950) Feb?
Yaarab Shrine Circus
Atlanta Georgia
Helen Haag - Chimps (1950)
Zembo Shrine Circus
Hamid Morton Circus
Farm Show Arena
Helen Haag - Chimps (April -22,1950)
(Billboard 5-6-1950, pg17,104)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Fairgrounds Coliseum
(...2-19-1951...)
Ruby Haag - dogs (2-1951)
Aladdin Shrine Circus
Fairgrounds Coliseum,
Columbus Ohio
April 2-7, 1951 (from program)
Harry Haag - Pony Drill with Bareback Riding Dogs and Monks
Miss Ruby - Dogs
Harry Haag - Baby Elephant
Zembo Shrine Circus
Hamid Morton Circus
Harrisburg, Penn
Farm Show Arena
Helen Haag - Chimps (April 2-7,1951)
(from program)
Osman Shrine Circus
St Paul MN
Harry Haag - dogs (1951)
Tripoli Shrine Circus
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Helen Haag - Chimps (1951)
Hamid Morton Circus
(March ?, 1951)
Helen Haag - 3 Chimps
(Billboard 3-3-1951, pg 43,50)
Hamid Morton Circus
Police Circus
Kansas City
(March 12-18, 1951)
Helen Haag - 3 Chimps
(Billboard 3-3-1951, pg 43,50)
The Greatest Show on Earth (Movie)
(Charles "Doc" Haag worked
for Arky Scott with the elephants 1952)
Tripoli Shrine Circus
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Helen Haag - Chimps (1952)
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland, Ohio
(1952) April?
Harry Haag - Dog and Ponies
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby Educated Canines
Khartum Shrine Circus
(Winnipeg Manitoba Canada)
Orrin Davenport
Amphitheatre
Ruby Haag, Harry Haag, Naomi - 12 dogs, Toy and Beauty (horses)
horses pedestal balancing, dancing waltz
Winnepeg Tribunal (5-7-1952)
Schoonover Park
Lima Ohio
Harry Haag - Performing Elephant Judy
Miss Ruby and Miss Naomi - Performing Ponies and Dogs
(The Lima News, Ohio 6-5-1952)
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Arky Scott was on the show (1950-1954)
(Charles "Doc" Haag worked for Arky Scott) (...1952...)
Damascus Shrine Circus
Rochester New York
Ruby Haag - dogs (2-1952)
Hamid Morton Circus
(2-1952)
Helen Haag - 4 Chimps
(Billboard 2-16-1952, pg48,59)
Aladdin Shrine Circus
Columbus Ohio
March 31 - April 5,
1952 (from program)
Harry Haag's Dogs and Ponies
Miss Ruby's Educated Canines
Harry Haag - Master of Transportation
Kar? Karnak Shrine Circus
Quebec Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1952)
Ararat Shrine Circus
Kansas City Missouri
Harry Haag - (1952)
Helen Haag - Chimps (1952)
Mohammed Shrine
Peoria IL
Jack Joyce (1953)
Aladdin Shrine Circus
Columbus Ohio
April 6-11, 1953
(from program)
Helen Haag - Chimps
Khartum Shrine Circus
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1953)
Midian Shrine Circus
Wichita Kansas
Helen Haag - Chimps (1953)
Palomino Liberty Horse Act, Roy Rogers Liberty Horses in California (late
50's or early 60's)
Originally owned by Roy Rogers
Glen Randall worked the horses
(...1952...)
(Harry Haag Jr. - worked the horses under Glen Randall) (...?...)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Ruby Haag - dogs (1954?) Feb?
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Dogs (1954?)
Naomi Haag - Dogs and Ponies (1954?)
Harry Haag - Transportation Director ( ? )
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland, Ohio
Jack Joyce (1954)
Feb?
Osman Shrine Circus
St. Paul Minnesota
March 8-14, 1954
Helen Haag - Chimps
Ruby Haag - dogs, ponies (1954)
Harry Haag Jr. starts working with Jack Joyce in St. Paul (1954?)
Aladdin Shrine Circus
Columbus Ohio
March 29 - April 3,
1954 (from program)
Harry Haag - Master of
Transportation
Helen Haag's Chimps
Jack Joyce?
Tom Packs
(1937-1958...)
6-1954
Helen Haag - Chimps
Jack Joyce Camels
(Billboard 6-5-1954, pg66,67)
St. Louis Police Circus
(May -9,1954)
Jack Joyce Camels
(billboard 5-15-1954, pg39,42)
Tangier Shrine Circus
Omaha NE
Jack Joyce (1954)
Osiris Shrine,
Wheeling W. Vir
Jack Joyce (1954)
Hadi Shrine
Evansville, IN
Jack Joyce (1954)
Ararat Shrine Circus
Kansas City Missouri
Jack Joyce (1954)
Jack Joyce's Dancing Camels
Toast of the Town
(8-29-1954 - Toast of the Town-Ed Sullivan, guest host Eddie Fisher)
Harry Haag Jr. - Camels
(episode 323)
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland, Ohio
January 31 - February 13, 1955
Miss Ruby's Dogs
Helen Haag's Chimps
(told the acts are in program)
JungleLand (1956-1968)
in Thousand Oaks California
Mabel Stark worked there (1938-1968)
(1950's, ...1955,1956...)
Harry Haag trained the big cats
worked with Mable Stark
worked with Arky Scott's wife, Toni
worked with Jack Joyce
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
(1955-56) TV series
Harry Haag Jr. trains lions and tigers for Melvin Koontz
World Jungle Compound
Aladdin Shrine Circus
Columbus Ohio
Helen Haag - Chimps (1955) April?
Jack Joyce (1955)
Edmonton Shrine Circus Club
Edmonton Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1955) June?
Jack Joyce (1955)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Helen Haag - Chimps (1955) Feb?
Ruby Haag - dogs (1955)
Jack Joyce - (1955)
Aladdin Shrine Circus
Columbus Ohio
April 11-16,1955 (from program)
Harry Haag - Master of Transportation
Jack Joyce - Camels
Miss Ruby's Canines
Helen Haag's Chimps
Houston Shrine Circus
Jack Joyce - (1955)
Ft. Worth Shrine Circus
Jack Joyce - (1955)
Super Circus
Chicago
Jack Joyce - (1955)
Edmonton Shrine Club (from program)
Edmonton Canada
(June 1-4, 1955)
Produced by Orrin Davenport
Jack Joyce - Trained Camels, Equestrian Director and Announcer
Helen Haag - Chimpanzees
Miller-Woodcock Elephants
Ida County Fair
Miss Ruby's Dog's and Ponies (8-1955)
Colombian Royal Dunbar Circus
(1 ring circus - mud show) (...1950's,1952, 1955, 1958...)
(flew to Caracas Venezuela, Ruby)
(animals by boat)
Ruby Haag, Harry Haag Sr., Charles Haag (Doc), Naomi, Stanley Childers
(neighbor) (1952? or 1955?)
Judy Elephant, Ponies, Dogs
Columbia South America
Wallenda's troupe (1955)
Venezuela (11-17-1958)
Caracas (downtown)
from the Daily Journal Newspaper
Nubia - Works with Elephant
Judy the Elephant - Ballet
Several Tarzan like movies - starring Victor Mature
(1956 - Safari)
Harry Haag trains lions and tigers for Melvin Koontz
World Jungle Compound
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland, Ohio
Helen Haag - Chimps (1956) Feb?
Khartum Shrine Circus
(Winnipeg Manitoba Canada)
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Dogs and Ponies (1956)
Ararat Shrine Circus
Kansas City Missouri
Harry Haag - (1956)
Helen Haag - Chimps (1956)
Midian Shrine Circus
Wichita, Kansas
Ruby Haag - dogs (1956)
Harry Haag - (1956)
Helen Haag - Chimps (1956)
Osman Shrine Circus
St Paul MN
Ruby Haag - dogs, ponies (1956)
Antioch Shrine Circus
Dayton Ohio
Helen Haag - Chimps (1956)
Ziyara Shrine Circus
Utica New York
Helen Haag - Chimps (1956)
Zuhrah Shrine Circus
Minneapolis
Jack Joyce - Camels, llamas, zebra, pony (animals?)
(1956)
Polack Bros (1931-1976)(1932-1976?)
Harry Haag Jr. (prop man) (1956?)
Eastern Star 1st Annual Circus
Ruskin Fl Amphitheatre
Naomi - globe
Helen Haag - chimps
Ruby Haag - Ruby's Dogs, cook (1-5-1957)
Al Sirat Grotto Circus (1931 - 1958...1971...1975...)
Cleveland, Ohio
Helen Haag - Chimps (1957) Feb?
Osman Shrine Circus
St. Paul Minnesota
Helen Haag - Chimps (1957)
Arabia Shrine Circus
Houston Texas
Helen Haag - Chimps (1957)
Tom Packs
(6-12-1957)
Mt Vernon Illinois
(6-14-1957)
Terre Haute Indiana
(July 11-14, 1957)
Wichita Kansas - University Stadium
(July 25-27-1957)
Pittsburgh Police Circus - Forbes Field
Haag's Dogs and Ponies
Jack Joyce's Exotic Animals
(Billboard 6-17-1957, pg84)
Khartum Shrine Circus
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada)
Helen Haag - Chimps (1957)
Edmonton Shrine Circus Club
Edmonton Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1957) June?
Elf Khurafeh Shrine Circus
Saginaw Michigan
Helen Haag - Chimps (1957)
(Anr?) Ansar Temple Shrine Circus
Springfield Illinois
Harry Haag - (1957)
Polack Bros (1931-1976)(1932-1976?)
Harry Haag Jr. (prop man) (...1957...)
10-26-1957
Harry Haag Jr. Toledo Ohio
Tripoli Shrine Circus
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Jack Joyce (1957)
Kar? Karnak Shrine Circus
Montreal Albert Vedbel
Jack Joyce - (1957?)
Ararat Shrine Circus
Kansas City Missouri
Jack Joyce - (1957?)
Topeka Shrine Circus
Jack Joyce - (1957?)
RCA Christmas Program (1957) Dec?
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's pets
Merry Andrew
(Movie)
(Harry Haag Jr. a Double in Lion Cage 1958)
Lion from World Jungle Compound
_________________?______________
7-1958 - Naomi, Ruby Haag -
St. Louis
(Naomi - tire blow-out on the truck)
Antioch Shrine Circus
Dayton Ohio)
Helen Haag - Chimps (1958)
Al Shamal Shrine Circus
Edmonton Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1958)
Tripoli Shrine Circus
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Jack Joyce (1958)
Rudy Bros
Helen Haag - Chimps (1958)
Damascus Shrine Circus
Webster New York
Helen Haag - Chimps (1958) Feb or Dec?
___________?__________
Ruby and Harry (Jr.?)
(5-26-58)
dogs and ponies
Rudy Bros Circus
(1950-1976, 1988-1993)
Harry Haag Jr. (?) California, Nevada (outdoor ballparks)
Helen Haag - chimps (1958)
Tom Packs
(1937-1958...)
June 11-14, 1958
Ruby Haag - Dog and Pony Revue
(Billboard 5-26-1958, pg60,61)
Jack Joyce on Tom Packs
Harry Haag Jr. (summer circus, ballparks, St Louis) (?)
(Bellview Ill, winter quarters)
Tom Packs
(12-1958 - 1-1959)
Havana Cuba
Harry Haag Jr. - Cuba 1-1959
(4 week engagement)
Antioch Shrine Circus
Dayton Ohio
Jack Joyce (1959)
Zuhrah Shrine Circus
Minneapolis
Jack Joyce - (1959)
Fontaine Ferry park in Louisville Ky
Haag's Panoramic Dog and Pony Circus (6-1959)
Ruby Haag and Naomi
12 dogs, 2 Shetland ponies
Curly and Fatima the dogs
Leba the Chihuahua
Unknown Dates
Elf Khurafeh Shrine Circus (?)
(Saginaw Michigan)
Harry Haag Sr.
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Dogs
Judy the elephant
Schoonover Park
Lima Ohio
Harry Haag - Performing Elephant Judy
Miss Ruby and Miss Naomi - Performing Ponies and Dogs
St. Louis Police Circus
Ruby Haag
Jack Joyce
Tangier Shrine, Omaha NE
Ruby Haag
Osiris Shrine, Wheeling W. Vir
Ruby Haag
Hadi Shrine, Evansville, IN
Ruby Haag
Al Shamal Shrine Circus Edmonton
Canada
Ruby Haag
Arabia Shrine, Houston Texas
Ruby Haag
Super Circus, Chicago
Ruby Haag
Antioch Shine, Dayton OH
Ruby Haag
Ringling Bros. Circus
Ruby Haag, Harry Haag Jr., Naomi
Ararat Shrine Circus
Kansas City Missouri
Helen Haag - Chimps (1960)
Jack Joyce - 1960
St. Louis Police Circus
Jack Joyce (1960)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Jack Joyce (1960)
Damascus Shrine Circus
Webster New York
Jack Joyce (1960)
Adam and Sells Circus (1960-1961)
Ruby Haag - swinging ladders,
Spanish web, dogs (1960)
Naomi - Rolling globe, dogs (1960)
Hamid Morton Shrine Circus (1935-1956) (1961-1969...)
Harry Haag Jr. (indoor circus, NJ fairgrounds) (?)
Ringling Bros. Circus (2-15-1961 -
5-28-1961)
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus International
O Maior Espetaculo Da Terra
(animals and workers by boat to Rio, Ruby)
(most people flew to Rio)
Ruby Haag, Naomi - Ponies, Dogs
Oscar Cristiani's lead elephant, Christy, died and was
buried at sea
Ararat Shrine Circus
Kansas City Missouri
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Al Shamal Shrine Circus
Edmonton Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Osman Shrine Circus
St. Paul Minnesota
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Antioch Shrine Circus
Dayton Ohio)
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Kora Shrine Circus
Lewiston Maine
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Ararat Shrine Circus
Kansas City Missouri
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Moslem Shrine Circus
Detroit Michigan
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Al Shamal Shrine Circus
Edmonton Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Osman Shrine Circus
St. Paul Minnesota
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Antioch Shrine Circus
Dayton Ohio
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Kora Shrine Circus
Lewiston Maine
Helen Haag - Chimps (1961)
Command Performance for the
Kennedy's (1962?)
Jacqueline, Caroline, John ...
Washington D.C. (Ice House)
Harry Haag Jr. (Jack Joyce Liberty
Horse Act)
Jack Joyce
The Circus Hall of Fame
(Sarasota Florida)
Pat Eagon works as Puppeteer and on refreshments
(1962,1963...)
Kentucky Co-op
Annual Meeting
Ruby's Dogs (1962)
Osman Temple Circus (from
program)
Saint Paul Auditorium (March 5-11, 1962)
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Canines
Ethel Jennier - Aerial, Seal
Helen Haag - Chimps
Jaffa Shrine
Circus
Hamid-Morton Circus
Altoona (May 7-12, 1962)
Jack Joyce - Liberty Horses
(The Progress, Clearfield Penn 4-26-1962)
Sells Bros
Circus
1962 - Chicago Dates
Janice Silverlake and Chiki Noble - Dogs
Ruby and Naomi Haag
Two Rivers Snow
Festival
Miss Ruby's Dogs and Ponies (6-1962)
Jack Joyce - Ponies
Helen Haag's Chimpanzees (...1950-1966...)
7-1962 - Olympic Park
Pittsburgh
Police Circus
(August 3,4-1962)
Helen Haag's Comedy Chimps
Jack Joyce - Ponies
Al G. Kelly
Miller Bros Circus (1937-1968)(1984-1986)
(winter 1962-1963)
Harry Haag Jr., Jack Joyce, Dory "D.R." Miller
Caribbean, Jamaica Tour
Kingston Jamaica (1-1963)
Harry Haag Jr. - Props
The Circus Hall of Fame
(Sarasota Florida)
Harry Haag Jr., Horse Ballet -
Prancing Horses-8 horse Liberty Act
Naomi - Rolling Globe; Ruby Haag - Canine Review 1963
Jack Joyce's Liberty Horse Act worked by
Harry Haag Jr.
Ruby Haag - Pony Act - Toy and Beauty
Al Shamal Shrine Circus
Edmonton Canada
Helen Haag - Chimps (1963)
Jack Joyce's Liberty Horse Act
(...Harry Haag Jr. 1963 Ringling Bros.
in Madison Square Gardens NY....)
Animaland USA - Sarasota Florida
(1959-1964, 1965?)
(Eddie Billetti ) (Eddie Hebeler)
in Sarasota Florida managed circus show at different malls
(Animal Land USA)
(Harry Haag Jr., Pat, Ruby, and Naomi)
(Harry Haag Jr. and Pat Haag 1964...)
Harry Haag Jr. work Eva the elephant
Cheryl Haag - Assistant with Ruby's Dog and Pony Show (1964)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Harry Haag Jr. (1963 or 1964)
Eddie Billetti - Eva the Elephant pulled cart
Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey
Jack Joyce - Camels (1964)
Ethel Jennier - Performing Seals (1964)
Gooding Carnivals - Columbus Ohio(?)
Fred Brown
Santa Claus Land
Santa Claus Indiana
Ruby Haag - Outdoor show (1965)
Tripoli Shrine Circus
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Helen Haag - Chimps (1966)
West Coast Shows - Carnival (...1956-1971...)
Fred Brown - Mechanic (1968?)
Ruby Haag Brown - Fun House (1968?)
Haag's Marionettes and Capt.
Penny-Pincher
(Harry and Pat Haag)
(1235 Weiser Ave
Akron Ohio)
(1966?... 7-1968...5-5-1969...)
Blue Grass Shows Carnival (1970's
...1975...)
Naomi came from Texas to join
Helen Haag - concession games
Clark and
Walters Circus (1964-1972)
Mel Silverlake - owner (1966-1967)
6-26-1967 - Brownie and Josephine Silverlake buy
Josephine Timberlake, Jim Timberlake,
Joe Timberlake - owners (...1971...)
4-1969
Melvin Silverlake - Manager, Pony drill, Elephants
James Silverlake - Assistant Manager
Myrna and Ron Ratcliff - Rodent show
Myrna and Marlin - Web and Ladders
Myrna - Acrobatic Contortion and Dogs
Joe - Single traps and military goats
Brownie and Franklin - Clown alley
Ralph and Naomi Carpenter - Snow and cool drinks
Fred and Ruby Brown - Concessions
Josephine Silverlake - designed coloring book
1970
Josephine Silverlake
Ruby Haag - Cook
Harry Haag Jr. - worked a few weeks
6-1971
Josephine Timberlake
Jim Timberlake
Joe Timberlake
Jim Timberlake - Norma Jean the Elephant
Mel Silverlake - Pony Riding Monkey, Beer Drinking and Cigarette Smoking Monkey
Mel Silverlake - Suzie the Llama
Joe Timberlake - Dogs
(Southern Sawdust 11-1971, pg16)
Elephants: Jess, Norma, Dixie
Carson & Barnes Circus
(1957-1963,1965- )
Ruby Haag Brown - Jewelry (1971-72?)
Fred Brown - Mechanic
Fisher Bros.
Circus (1923, 1934-1935,1971-1974,1975,
1976,
1978, 1989)
Mel Silverlake - owner (1971-1974)
Mel Silverlake and B.K. Silverlake - owners (1989)
Opens 5-1971
10-1971
Melvin Silverlake - Owner and Manager
Kathy Silverlake - Single Trapeze and High diving dog
Cheryl Haag - Spanish Web and Swinging Ladder
Harry Haag and Volunteers - Bareback Riding Academy
Ruby Haag - Miss Ruby's Dog Act
Mel -
Elephant Dixie
7-13-1972 - Traverse City Michigan
Kim 11- high flying act, trapeze and loop walk, stand on bareback horse
Dixie the elephant (young) - sit, bow, walk plank
Diane - seal, 2 monkeys on trampoline
Patsie's Poodle - dance
Kathy - dog and goats
Garcia - juggle, clown with orange wig
drummer
peanuts - 25 cents
world's smallest horse
5 legged calf
(Traverse Bay News 7-13-1972)
2-1974
Melvin and B K Silverlake - owners
Brownie Silverlake - Snake Show
(3 generations of Silverlakes)
Brownie and Josephine Silverlake
sons: Melvin and Joe
Melvin's son Melvin Ray
Raymond and Emma Duke
daughter: B K Silverlake
B K's son Melvin Ray
(date? 1974)
Gloria Null - Web, Trampoline
Peggy Null - Organist
Antonette "Toni" - Drummer
Toni married in cookhouse (1974?)
1975
Janice Ruth "JR" Ratcliff - Trapeze
Raymond Duke - Agent
Myrna Ratcliff
3-1975
Joe Silverlake and Gloria Null - jugglers
Mary Diane - swinging ladder, dogs
Brownie Silverlake - trained monkey
Joe Silverlake - swinging anchor
Gloria Null - Spanish web
educated llama
elephant
hippo
cloud swing
clowns
closing words "Good luck, God bless and may the
Good Lord take a linking to you"
Lewis Bros. Circus (1931-1942, 1945, 1973-1976)
Jimmy Silverlake - owner (1973)
Hoxie Tucker and John Lewis - owners (1974-1975)
1-1973
White Tops Article
Jim Silverlake and John Lewis - owners
Marilyn Silverlake - office manager
Myrna Ratciff and John Lewis - contacting agent
snake show - boa, pythons, anacondas
monkeys, zebra, llamas, midget pony, baboons, African porcupine
exotic sheep
Haag Family - aerial loop walk, mechanic riding act,
Risley and a high diving dog through ring of fire
Babe the elephant (25 years old)
Barney the zebra
3-1973
Jimmy Silverlake owns show
Myrna Ratcliff - General Agent at Norman Indiana
4-1973
Jimmy and Marlyn Silverlake
Cheryl Haag - Loop Walk and Trapeze
Pat Haag - Super Dog
Alice Haag - Horse Riding
Kim Haag - Standing on Horse Riding
Marlyn Silverlake - Web and Swinging Ladder
6-1973
Atwood Illinois, city park
Harry Haag
Alice Haag
Ruby and Fred Brown
(from newspaper article)
6-1973
Ruby Ann Haag (8 yrs old)
Ruby Haag Brown - Cook
Fred Brown - Maintenance
Barnes and Daily
Circus (1974)
(Photos by Hartland
Smith)
Jimmy Silverlake - owner (1974)
Former Fisher Bros Drummer
Clowns
Jugglers
Aerialists
Rolling Globe
Calliope and Ring Master
Pacific Coast Shows
(...1970-1974...2005)
6-1974
Arapahoe county fairgrounds, Littleton
Colorado)
Haag Family Mini-Circus
high diving dog - fella
Ruby 9 - dog act
wire walking dog - fluffy jasbo
Dancing dog - fifi
barrel rolling dog - fella, smokey
Harry Haag - ponies and llama
Cheryl 16 and Kim 13 Aerial Acts, web, ladder, trapeze
Pioneer Park - Aurora
Illinois
Cheryl Juggle
Paul & Dorthy
Kelly's Circus Quarters
Harry, Pat and kids lived on Kelly's land (1975?)
Deer Park - Illinois
petting zoo, rides
Luv Mugs (Christian Puppets)
Harry Haag directs
all the kids help
(1977-1979)
Elmo and Daisy (Clowns)
Darren and Ruby
(1992-2004)