Thursday, February 19, 2009

Honest Bill's Show 1915 #2


Scan11360, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

This is actually "Hero" that tore up the Orton Show the following year.

The following information is included with this card:
"YORK is 16 years old and stands 9 feet 8 1/2 inches in height and weighs 79,050 pounds. (this is not a misprint)
He was captured in Africa and brought to America in 1900 and has been in training ever since."



Posted by Buckles at 2/19/2009 06:44:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Honest" didn't quite know his zoology, or perhaps his geography, but I'd bet he could count.

19 February, 2009 08:50
Anonymous said...

Lucky Bill had the first count. Honest Bill handled the PR. At one time they wintered in Quenemo, Kansas.
Erik Jaeger

19 February, 2009 11:08

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