tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post7896180234553548760..comments2023-10-30T06:50:17.036-04:00Comments on Buckles Blog: #14 Al G. BarnesBuckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114738213931098664noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-42506307866920979872017-06-07T20:09:55.563-04:002017-06-07T20:09:55.563-04:00This is "Soudana" (later called "Ed...This is "Soudana" (later called "Edith") RBBB's female Nubian giraffe. She was one of the attractions added when Barnes-Sells Floto was augmented by equipment and features from RBBB. This animal was imported by Howard Y Bary for RBBB in 1936. She was very tractable and readily led on a leash hooked to her halter. <br /><br />She got the name Soudana because of the place of her origin. Later she took the name Edith after Mrs. Edith Ringling widow of Charles and owner of one-third of RBBB. Giraffe Edith died at Sarasota in 1955.<br /><br />I saw this giraffe on Sunday Nov.6,1938 when the show was setting up on the old Highland Ave. Show Grounds here in Atlanta. A canvas man lifted the side wall of the menagerie tent so we could peek inside. There stood Edith in her pen. She is the first giraffe I can recall seeing.<br /><br />In 1938 Edith became the only giraffe ever shown by the Barnes show. Al G. had imported a pair around the early 1920s but they both died shortly after arriving by ship in California. Richard Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606690960209503124noreply@blogger.com