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Seibel Brothers
Dog and Pony Show
1894
Advertisement, Emil Seibel, 310 E Main
1898
1898 310 E Main, laying of sewer line on Main
1898, 310 E Main, laying of water line on Main, WHS_004_NT_064
1899
1899, Sept 13-15, ponies and carnival wagon, Harvest Jubilee & Carnival, WHS_005_484
1899, Sept 13-15, ponies and carnival wagon, Harvest Jubilee & Carnival, WHS_005_604
1902
08 22 Tuesday afternoon a large number of our people attended the dog and pony show at Seibel's training academy, corner Eighth and Main streets. The exhibition was first-class, especially when it is taken into consideration that the animals have only been under training for 10 weeks. The work of the ponies is first-class, most of the things done being new and original. The work of the clown pony Snow Cloud, the smallest clown pony on earth is particularly amusing, and Teddy, the diving dog, is a wonder. He climbs a ladder 40 feet high and jumps into a netting suspended about 2 feet from the ground. This act alone is a great drawing card in Seibel's pony show. Mr. Seibel has inducements from various places to exhibit his show, but as yet has not decided on taking it out of the city. It is a local amusement that would be encouraged, and we hope Mr. Seibel will be well repaid for his enterprise. His show is a good one, and whenever the community is given a chance to see it, the people should turn out in large numbers. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings of next week, at 7:30 o'clock, the program will be repeated, and all who possibly can should witness it. Admission, adults 25 cts; children 10cts. Music by Weber's orchestra. WG
1908
06 28 Emil
Seibel lost pony mare at Northwestern
depot. WL
1909
1909c, 310 E Main, Seibel
& Co, Emil, notions
04 30 Cooper and Robenson arranged with Seibel Bros. to lease their show
for the season. WG
1910
1910c,
dry goods, 310 E Main, post remodel, WHS_005_599
1910c,
dry goods, 310 E Main, pre remodel, WHS_005_600
12 09 Emil
Seibel, general manager of Seibel Bros. Dog and Pony Circus, returned yesterday
from a tour of the south, with his circus aggregation, and Sunday the ponies,
comprising the circus, will go into winter quarters at Watertown. The pony and dog circus has been engaged to
take part in the society circus at the Auditorium Annex Christmas week for the
benefit of the Maternity hospital. It is
expected that the novel entertainment will net the hospital $10,000.
"Among the attractions I am going to bring to
Milwaukee during Christmas week," said Mr. Seibel, “will be Snow Cloud,
the smallest Shetland pony stallion in the world. I carry him in a suit case and he weighs
thirty pounds. We are also going to
bring our famous drilling ponies, Comet, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Cupid, Vixen, Dunder and Blitzen. We will introduce sixteen other ponies in the
ring and will reproduce our entire circus program." — [Milwaukee Journal] WG
1911
05 04 On
Thursday of next week Seibel Bros. Dog and Pony Show will exhibit on the circus
grounds in the 5th ward of this city, afternoon and evening. Watch for the grand street parade at 11 a.m. This show is one of the best of its kind on
the road and being a home institution our people should all turn out to attend
it. Admission children
15 cents, adults 25 cents. WG
05 18 Last Thursday afternoon and
evening large crowds of people witnessed Seibel Bros. dog and pony show, and
all were pleased with the performances.
There were many new acts in the program and Seibel Bros. may well feel
proud of the performances the intelligent dogs and ponies give. Many of their tricks seem almost human. WG
10 12 Auction—The undersigned
will sell at public auction, at the corner of Main and Eighth streets, in the
second ward in the city, on Friday, Oct. 20, 1911, at 1 o’clock sharp, the
following personal property, to wit: 20
draft horses, 1 fine high-bred chestnut stallion, 2 large spotted riding and
driving ponies, 1 black driving mare in foal, 5 lumber wagons, 1 wagon box, 1
4-seated carryall, 1 open phaeton harness, 1 single buggy harness, 2 sets
double carriage harnesses, 8 sets heavy work harnesses and many other articles
too numerous to mention. Terms of sale – All sums up to $10 cash; over that amount 6 months
time will be given on bankable notes at 6 per cent interest. -- Emil
Seibel WG
1912
04 25 Seibel Bros. Circus Opens
Season of 1912 in Watertown
Watertown, the home of Seibel Bros., proprietors of Seibel Brothers
mammoth dog and pony circus, will be greatly favored on Thursday, May 2nd, by
this excellent circus opening the season here by giving afternoon and evening
performances. The show had a very
successful season last year, and starts out this year larger and better than
ever and with every prospect of an even more successful season than that of
1911. Watertown people should turn out
in large numbers at both performances.
The farmers of the surrounding country and people of nearby towns will
be here in the hundreds to see it. The
trained animal division is said to be the best of any circus on the road today,
while human talent to make the show complete in other details is not
lacking. Besides having added greatly to
the size of the show they have a number of features which are exceptionally
fine. Cairo, the trained monkey, does a
loop-the-loop act which is thrilling and amazing. He sits in his little auto with apparent
unconcern and takes his dare devil ride with great enjoyment. Young Sandow, the
strong man, is very good as is also Del Fontain, the
slack wire artist, who has some original acts that are very fine. Nero Brothers, the contortionists, are both
amusing and interesting. Prof. Roy Rush
of Bloomington, Ind., and formerly of the Gentry shows, has been with Seibel
Bros. all winter and has the dogs, monkeys and ponies well trained. There will be a street parade on the day of
the show. WG
05 02 A Great Show
Seibel Bros. dog and pony show, which exhibited at the Sharon hall park
last Saturday afternoon, proved to be a wonderful exhibition of equine and
canine skill. The ponies performed, in
an almost unbelievable manner, many tricks which must have required months of
patient training to perfect. The work of
the dogs, also, was truly wonderful. One
feature about the show was the noticeable absence of the tough element which
many times too often follow the traveling tent show. The people from the proprietor down to the
humblest canvass hustler conducted themselves as gentlemen. The show itself was perfectly clean and we
would be glad to welcome them here for a return date. — Sharon Reporter
At Watertown, Thursday, May 2nd, 1912,
afternoon and evening. WG
1916
Winter
headquarters for show leaves Hartford, returns to Watertown 1916 is
assumed date
1960
05 04 One of the city's old and well constructed mansions, the former home of Edward and Emil Seibel, owners of the old Seibel Bros. Circus, is coming down to make way for a service station to be erected by the Clyman Oil Co. The home is at 802 [actually 804] Main Street. In more recent years it was owned and occupied by the late Dr. A .B. [actually A. H.] Hartwig, one of the city's mayors, and later by his son, Attorney Harold W. Hartwig.
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