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Queen — Adam Forepaugh Circus | mahoot

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Queen

Adam Forepaugh Circus · United States

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Life history

Born: 1859
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death reason: unknown:
Age (est.): ~27 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1886-00-00

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Adam Forepaugh Circus

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

1886-00-00
Adam Forepaugh Circus
from Barnum and London Circus
1881-00-00
Cooper and Bailey Circus
from Cooper and Bailey Circus
1878-00-00
Howes Great London Circus, Hippodrome, and Sangers English Menagerie
from Howes Great London Circus, Hippodrome, and Sangers English Menagerie
1871-07-23
Hudson River Railroad horse stables
from Hudson River Railroad horse stables
1871-07-23
New York Harbour
from New York Harbour
1871-07-22
Port of Colombo
from Port of Colombo
1871-00-00
Elbert Howes
from Elbert Howes
1870-00-00
Sri Lanka unspecified location
from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Sources

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephantsS
page 23, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus – Dokumentation Teil 2: Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Alexander Haufellner, Jürgen Schilfarth, Georg Schweiger
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D00EEDF1E3CEE3ABC4C53DFB4668389699FDE

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Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.