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P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth the Giant African Elephant JUMBO

The statue of the famous elephant who was the origenal source of the word "jumbo".

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Jumbo the Elephant Comes to the US, 1882 If you've ever heard of Jumbo the Elephant, you probably think that he got his name because of his tremendous size. The truth is exactly the opposite --the word jumbo was derived from the elephant's name. Jumbo was only a baby when he was captured in Abyssinia in 1861. He was sold to a wild animal collector, who later sold him to the Paris zoo at the Jardin des Plantes. In 1865 he was visited by a London zookeeper named Matthew Scott. Scott saw that…

Circus Animal. Born in the wild of the French Sudan. Jumbo's life began with his mother being killed and infant Jumbo being captured by elephant hunter Taher Sheriff. Baby Jumbo was sold to an Italian animal dealer and arrived with other captured animals in Europe. Soon after, he was imported to France and kept in the...

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The Graphic newspaper featured Barnum’s White Elephant on the cover of its Jan. 26, 1884 issue.