Sunday, October 18, 2009

"Judy" #2


Scan12269, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Execution of "Judy" at Bedford Zoo at Hanford New Hampshire on Sept. 30, 1932.

This is the only elephant in my files that might fit this description.

JUDY
1914-16 Stone & Murray Circus
1917-30 Elmer Jones 2 Car Show
1931-32 Manchester, N.H Zoo
1933 Benson's Wild Animal Farm
1934-42 Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Ill.
1943 Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago, Ill.

Posted by Buckles at 10/18/2009 06:12:00 AM

1 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Buckles,

In the first issue of _Spec_ (1940; later became _Bandwagon_) there is an article by Betty Leonard which suggests that this elephant is Lucy. This explains why Judy was later at Brookfield, etc.

See: http://www.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/bw-1940no2.htm

19 October, 2009 02:00

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