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Elephant Posing on International Cub Cadet

Date: 1967
Description: Shirley, a half-ton elephant, poses on an International Cub Cadet 122 lawn tractor with IH dealer Carl Kelton looking on. Several cub cadets are in the bac...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Photograph

Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Several elephants walk up a hill in a circus parade along Main Street. They are followed by a group of horses, while bystanders watch from a platform on t...
Photograph

Performing Circus Elephants

Date: 1943
Description: A group of over twenty-six Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants, standing on their rear legs with front legs resting on the elephant ahead. ...
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Man Riding Elephant in Circus Parade

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Description: Rear view of a man riding an elephant in a circus parade through town. Crowds line the sidewalk on the other side of the street.
Photograph

Whitbeck Motion Picture Elephants

Date: 04 04 1947
Description: Pictured are three elephants from Whitbeck Motion Pictures, California, and Robert Zimmerman, assistant secretary of state and board member of Circus Fans ...
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Zor Shriners and Circus Elephants

Date: 04 04 1947
Description: Zor Shriners Band members serenading the Polack Brothers show elephants outside of the Parkway Theater, where they are performing.
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Three Baby Elephants

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Description: A man leading three baby elephants with decorative blankets with the following names, "Little Jim," "Pinto," and "Alice."
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Poster Celebrating "The International Safari"

Date: 02 05 1929
Description: Poster or display board describing an expedition across Africa with an International truck. The truck used for the expedition was later promoted by the com...
Photograph

C.N. King in Africa with the "Truck that Crossed the Sahara"

Date: 09 10 1928
Description: Clyde N. King standing next to an International Special Delivery truck at the "Mission in Buta" in the Belgian Congo. Three men are sitting on elephants ne...
Photograph

"Truck that Crossed the Sahara" in Africa

Date: 09 10 1928
Description: Men on elephants near an International Special Delivery truck at the "Mission in Buta" in the Belgian Congo. Most of the men ride on elephants while one s...
Photograph

Annie, New Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 11 18 1948
Description: New Annie the elephant having her chains removed by attendents at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo).
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Annie, New Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 11 18 1948
Description: New Annie, the elephant at Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), reaching her trunk through the bars.
Photograph

Annie, New Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 10 18 1948
Description: New Annie the elephant drinks water using her trunk in front of Fred Winklemann, left, retired zoo director, and Harold Hayes, right, present zoo director.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Industrial 10-20 Tractor at Sells Floto Circus

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to move a wagon at the Sells Floto circus. Next to the wagon, a man sits on an elephant, while thr...
Photograph

Elephant at Vilas Zoo

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: Winkie, Vilas Zoo elephant, is being led to her summer quarters at the zoo with a large crowd looking on. She is being led by attendants, Gordon Sheets and...
Print

I Always Win

Date: 1860
Description: An elephant wearing boots is carrying a banner that reads: "I ALWAYS WIN." The banner has a face on the left end and is holding up the elephant's tail with...
Print

Let Me Alone

Date: 1860
Description: A charging elephant tossing Jefferson Davis and a dog into the air. Davis is holding a tattered Confederate flag. The elephant is labeled: "UNCLE SAM," and...
Photograph

International Truck with Elephant Trailer

Date: 1960
Description: Pollack Brothers Circus personnel supervise elephants as they exit a trailer pulled by an International DCOF-405 semi-truck parked in a loading area near a...
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Elephants and McCormick-Deering No. 2 Manure Spreader

Date: 04 26 1923
Description: Two elephants pull a McCormick-Deering No. 2 manure spreader. One man is sitting on the head of the elephant on the far left, while another man stands on t...

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