Polack Bros. Circus 1944/ Powers Elephants

These are the three Powers elephants of Vaudeville fame "Jennie", "Julia" and "Lena" that were originally trained for the Walter L. Main Circus at the turn of the Century and shown here in 1944 at Davenport, Iowa posing with the Barnum & Bailey "Two Hemispheres" band chariot while with the Polack Show. They are certainly in beautiful shape, you won't see anything like this in the jungle. Most people think that in their natural habitat they frolic all day in a field with a waterfall nearby and graze with unicorns. I remember 30 years ago when you purchased them from the wild, they were malnourished, scarred and infested with external ticks and lice as well as an incredible assortment of internal parasites. It sometimes took weeks of medical care before you would even think of training them.