Sunday, October 28, 2018

CURB #8


Posted by Chic Silber at 10/28/2018 01:51:00 AM

5 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Carin Cristiani & Shirley

29 October, 2018 02:31
Charles Hanson said...

It is my understanding that Shirley is still alive and residing at an Amusement Park in Valdosta, Ga......Possibly the oldest living Asian Elephant?

29 October, 2018 12:41
Chic Silber said...


Yes indeed Charles at 74 she

is very likely to be the oldest

Asian of record & she remains

at Wild Adventures in Valdosta

29 October, 2018 13:49
DanKoehl said...

Good to see this confirmed. Shirley seems to have been born in 1944, captured in 1946, origin from Inda, and that the shipment of five elephants (one elephant died en route, due to the heat), imported by Harry Rimberg, arrived in Boson November 2, 1946 from India. This was Rimbergs first elephant import, and the very first import of elephants to US, since before the war. In Billboard 9 nov 1946, is mentioned that four of the elephants were purchased by Bob Stevens, Bailey Bros circus, the fith by animal trainer Will Hill, and that the high prize was a result of the record cost of $2 250 at the source, Ceylon, India?? Im not sure how this should be interpreted? Is "Ceylon" just a typo, or does it indicate the elephants were actually bought in Ceylon, but came to US through a stop in India? I understand from Bob Cline files, that the five elephants were Babe, Carrie, Christy, Shirley, & Mike.

The Billboard article is available online here: http://books.google.com/books?id=DxoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT50&dq=import+elephant&hl=sv&ei=cNKeTILABoSMOKSypY4L&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=import%20elephant&f=false

30 October, 2018 20:54
Chic Silber said...


Now known as Sri Lanka Ceylon is an

independant nation island that was

originally part of India but became

it's own country in 48 after "the war"

It would have been Ceylon India in

1946 when this sale occured

31 October, 2018 12:43

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