Picture No | 11949542 |
Date | 1882 |
Description | Jumbo the elephant: the barge voyage to Millwall |
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Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882. Jumbo's departure was covered with great interest in the British press, with The Graphic documenting Jumbo's barge journey to Millwall Dock.
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Source | Engravings by A. Corbould in The Graphic, 1 April 1882, page 312 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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