page_title: George A. Hamid Sr.
hierarchical_section_title: George A. Hamid Sr.
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph showing three tickets from the defunct Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey, USA. The tickets, dated 1959 and 1961 include general admission to the park, as well as a combined general admission and a circus show.
context_page_description: George Ameen Hamid Sr. is an entrepreneur who made major contributions to America's outdoor amusement and entertainment industry. He established significant productions during the 20th century for fairs, circuses, carnivals and expositions. He is the father of George A. Hamid Jr.. He was born in 1896 in Broumana, Lebanon. He moved to America in 1907 with the Buffalo Bill Wild West show, and later founded the Hamid-Morton Circus with Robert Morton.
  In 1953 he became President of the IAAPA. Newsweek magazine described him in 1965 as "one of America's top entrepreneurs in outdoor entertainment". He died in 1971.
context_section_description: George Ameen Hamid Sr. (February 4, 1896 – June 1971) is an entrepreneur who made major contributions to America's outdoor amusement and entertainment industry. He established significant productions during the 20th century for fairs, circuses, carnivals and expositions. He is the father of George A. Hamid Jr.. He was born in 1896 in Broumana, Lebanon. He moved to America in 1907 with the Buffalo Bill Wild West show, and later founded the Hamid-Morton Circus with Robert Morton.
  In 1953 he became President of the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions). Newsweek magazine described him in 1965 as "one of America's top entrepreneurs in outdoor entertainment". He died in 1971.
caption: Tickets for Palisades Amusement Park and Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers & Hamid-Morton Circus
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