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John Robinson Circus · United States

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Life history

Born: 1834
Death reason: unknown:
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1906-00-00

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John Robinson Circus

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

1906-00-00
John Robinson Circus
from William P. Hall Animal Farm
1906-00-00
J. Potter
from J. Potter
1906-00-00
Glen Island menagerie
from Glen Island menagerie
Adam Forepaugh Circus
from Adam Forepaugh Circus
1885-00-00
Cooper and Bailey Circus
from Cooper and Bailey Circus

Sources

Buckles Weblog
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0712F6395416738DDDAA0994DF405B8785F0D3
http://home.gwi.net/~dnb/read/elephant/elephant.htm

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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