Lee Keener and "Tom".
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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That's Keener's wife in the howdah and me riding on Tommy's neck! Johnny Cline follows on foot though his three elephants aren't seen. Tommy had come by for a fitting of the Mayme Ward-made blanket and the howdah. Us two riders were replaced by Schlitz people (then sponsor's of the parade) for the Fourth of July. Chappie wanted some PR photos so he needed riders and I was appointed. My first time on an elephant! What a start!
This must not be long before he broke
his left tusk crawling through a doorway
Never heard him called Tom
I thought he was always Tommy
except for that phony title
used on Big Bertha for a while
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