Jumbo
by Pennie McCracken
Title
Jumbo
Artist
Pennie McCracken
Medium
Digital Art - Paintography - Digital Mixed Media Art
Description
Jumbo the Elephant (1860 - 1885) was exported from Sudan, where he was born, to a zoo in Paris and then later in 1865 transferred to the London Zoo in England. In 1882, under great protest, he was sold to P.T. Barnum who took him back to his Circus in the USA.
Barnum exhibited Jumbo in Madison Square Gardens and made enough money in 3 weeks to recoup the £2,000 he had spent to purchase him. Barnum made £1.7M in the 31 week season due to his main attraction, this wonderful elephant.
Jumbo died in a train accident, right here in St. Thomas, Ontario where I live. In those days Barnum's circus traveled North America via train and many rail lines converged in St. Thomas. After their performance here that night, they were being led to their box car and another train came roaring down the track. Jumbo was hit and he died within minutes. Such a sad story.
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June 13th, 2018
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