Jumbo the large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus which became known as the 'Greatest Show on Earth'. Jumbo in his crate, his keeper on platform to keep him calm, hoisted from a barge onto the 'Assyrian Monarch' in Millwall Docks, London. From 'The Illustrated London News' (London, 1 April 1882). Wood engraving.

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Jumbo the large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus which became known as the 'Greatest Show on Earth'. Jumbo in his crate, his keeper on platform to keep him calm, hoisted from a barge onto the 'Assyrian Monarch' in Millwall Docks, London. From 'The Illustrated London News' (London, 1 April 1882). Wood engraving.

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