Category: Barnum & Bailey Circus
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Phineas T. Barnum of the Barnum & Bailey Circus purchased the world-famous elephant “Jumbo” from the London Zoo for $10,000 U.S. February 3, 1882
Image: Jumbo and his keeper Matthew Scott (Circus poster, c. 1882) (Public Domain). On this date in history, February 3, 1882, Phineas T. Barnum of the Barnum & Bailey Circus purchased the world-famous elephant “Jumbo” from the London Zoo for $10,000 U.S. The decision to sell resulted from Jumbo’s growing aggression and the possibility of a public…
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