Two-sided broadside, 10 x 29 in., for Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson's Barnum & London United Monster Shows, performed in Haverhill, MA, dated Monday, July 7, with inked year of 1884. Each side features advertisements and illustrations of several acts, one highlight being Jumbo, described as the Tallest, Heaviest & Biggest Beast Alive. Other acts include the Sacred White Elephant, a Mighty Assemblage of Wild, Savage, Superstitious, and Idolatrous People, a Menagerie of Led and Loose Animals, and an Exciting Hippodrome Racing Tournament. Printed by James Reilley, New York. Born in the French Sudan, Jumbo (1861-1885), a male African Bush Elephant, was part of a group of captured animals imported to France and kept in the Paris Zoo, Jardin des Plantes, until 1865 when he was transferred to the London Zoo. While in London, he became a popular attraction, especially for the children, who were permitted to ride him. In November 1881, for the price of $10,000, Jumbo was sold to the Barnum & Bailey Circus. P.T. Barnum transported the elephant to New York, where he was exhibited at Madison Square Garden and was later included in a group of 21 circus elephants that crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to prove that the structure was safe within a year after a stampede on the bridge resulted in the death of a dozen people. On September 15, 1885, while in St. Thomas, Ontario, Jumbo was hit and fatally wounded by a locomotive at a railway classification yard. Following his tragic death, Barnum had portions of the elephant separated and displayed at multiple sites to attract spectators. Following this tour, Jumbo's skeleton was donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, his heart was sold to Cornell University, and his hide was stuffed, mounted, and traveled with Barnum's circus for two years before it was donated to Tuft's University and displayed at P.T. Barnum Hall for many years. The hide was later destroyed in an April 1975 fire, but Jumbo's legacy lives on to this day as the mascot for Tuft's University. Condition: Even toning to broadside. Few penciled, inked notes on broadside. Few small pinholes along perimeter of imprint. Few very light stains. Short separation along horizontal fold near center of broadside.
Two-sided broadside, 10 x 29 in., for Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson's Barnum & London United Monster Shows, performed in Haverhill, MA, dated Monday, July 7, with inked year of 1884. Each side features advertisements and illustrations of several acts, one highlight being Jumbo, described as the Tallest, Heaviest & Biggest Beast Alive. Other acts include the Sacred White Elephant, a Mighty Assemblage of Wild, Savage, Superstitious, and Idolatrous People, a Menagerie of Led and Loose Animals, and an Exciting Hippodrome Racing Tournament. Printed by James Reilley, New York. Born in the French Sudan, Jumbo (1861-1885), a male African Bush Elephant, was part of a group of captured animals imported to France and kept in the Paris Zoo, Jardin des Plantes, until 1865 when he was transferred to the London Zoo. While in London, he became a popular attraction, especially for the children, who were permitted to ride him. In November 1881, for the price of $10,000, Jumbo was sold to the Barnum & Bailey Circus. P.T. Barnum transported the elephant to New York, where he was exhibited at Madison Square Garden and was later included in a group of 21 circus elephants that crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to prove that the structure was safe within a year after a stampede on the bridge resulted in the death of a dozen people. On September 15, 1885, while in St. Thomas, Ontario, Jumbo was hit and fatally wounded by a locomotive at a railway classification yard. Following his tragic death, Barnum had portions of the elephant separated and displayed at multiple sites to attract spectators. Following this tour, Jumbo's skeleton was donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, his heart was sold to Cornell University, and his hide was stuffed, mounted, and traveled with Barnum's circus for two years before it was donated to Tuft's University and displayed at P.T. Barnum Hall for many years. The hide was later destroyed in an April 1975 fire, but Jumbo's legacy lives on to this day as the mascot for Tuft's University. Condition: Even toning to broadside. Few penciled, inked notes on broadside. Few small pinholes along perimeter of imprint. Few very light stains. Short separation along horizontal fold near center of broadside.
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