Photograph: Jumbo dead on the tracks from the Schneider Collection

Photograph of the late Jumbo on the train tracks. He is surrounded by a crowd of people, presumably workers from the circus, all looking at the camera. The man on the right between Jumbo's leg and his trunk is likely Matthew Scott, Jumbo's trainer. Jumbo the Elephant (1861-September 15, 1885) was an unusually tall African elephant best known for his time as an attraction in the London Zoo and as a part of P.T. Barnum's circus from 1882 to his death in 1885. His sale from the London Zoo to Barnum's circus prompted a great public outcry in England, and Barnum used the publicity to his advantage. Jumbo was killed by a train on Septembe 17, 1885. Barnum had his hide stuffed and bones mounted to exhibit them as a double Jumbo. The hide eventually went to Tufts University and was there until it burnt in the 1970s, and the bones to the American Museum of Natural History where they remain today. Measures 8.5 by 6.5 inces. Photograph by Eisenmann, Branch West 190th Str. and 10th Ave. New York