Photograph: Jumbo, dead
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/110002:610
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Photograph: Jumbo, dead
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reformatted digital
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Photograph of Jumbo the Elephant after he was struck by a train and killed in Canada. Jumbo himself lies on his side in an embankment. A man, possibly trainer Matthew Scott, rests his hand atop Jumbo's head. 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 5.25 inches. Photograph by Charles Eisenmann.
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Creator (cre): Charles Eisenmann
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PTB-jb-ph002
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