Tag Archives: Elephants

1882: Jumbo

Posted on July 12, 2021 by corvusfugit

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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1923: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks

Posted on November 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

John McKirdy Duncan: Ivory, Apes and Peacocks (also known as The Queen of Sheba) (1923)

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1923: A is for Antelope

Posted on November 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

          C. B. Falls: ABC Book (1923)

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