This is the male hippo “Dick” who landed on the old Sells Bros. shown for its 1880 tour.
He came with a female named Babe, and they both traveled in this wagon through 1897. Babe died that winter (1897-98) and Dick had it alone for the rest of F-S’ years though 1907.
Since we see only one hippo in the pic I figure Babe had already gone to heaven, dating this photo as post 1897. Dick went to Baraboo when the show was taken off the road and died there before the show was re-inaugurated for 1910.
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This is the male hippo “Dick” who landed on the old Sells Bros. shown for its 1880 tour.
He came with a female named Babe, and they both traveled in this wagon through 1897. Babe died that winter (1897-98) and Dick had it alone for the rest of F-S’ years though 1907.
Since we see only one hippo in the pic I figure Babe had already gone to heaven, dating this photo as post 1897. Dick went to Baraboo when the show was taken off the road and died there before the show was re-inaugurated for 1910.
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