Sunday, December 21, 2008

"Big Jennie" with W.B. Reynolds Show 1896


Scan11088, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

BIG JENNIE

Advertised here as Queen Jumbo, "Jennie" grew extremely large for an Asian female.

1880-88 Burr Robbins Circus
1889-92 Miles Orton Circus
1893-96 W.B. Reynolds Circus
1896-18 Ringling Bros. Circus
1919-23 Ringling-Barnum Circus
(Died on tour in Columbus, Ohio in 1923)

Posted by Buckles at 12/21/2008 06:38:00 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

This photo shows Jennie/Queen Jumbo/Big Bingo on the left and Baldy on the right [compare it to the solo photo of Baldy]. Between them is a man who likely measures somewhere between 5.5 and 6 feet tall [people weren't generally as tall as they are today]. Using that as a guide for estimation, the male looks to be no more than about eight feet tall, maybe 8.5. The female looks a lot taller because she's closer to the camera. She is likely about 9.5 feet tall, which is a god bit above average for a female Asiatic.

22 December, 2008 08:38

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