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Tag Archives: Elephants
1882: Jumbo
An anecdote from Matthew Scott’s biography of Jumbo the Elephant (1885): Once when I was riding him around in the Zoological Gardens, in London, sitting on his neck, with about a dozen children on a panier-saddle across his broad back, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Africa, Animals, Children, Elephants, Great Britain, Jumbo the Elephant, Mammals, Matthew Scott, Sudan, Zoos
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1923: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
John McKirdy Duncan: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks (also known as The Queen of Sheba) (1923)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Apes, Art, Birds, Camels, Christianity, Cows, Deer, Elephants, Great Britain, John McKirdy Duncan, Mammals, Monkeys, Painting, Peacocks, Religion, Scotland
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1923: A is for Antelope
C. B. Falls: ABC Book (1923)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Antelopes, Birds, Books, C. B. Falls, Children, Cryptids, Elephants, Ibis, Mammals, Printmaking, Unicorns, USA
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