Andre Zentveld, on left, helps to unload a Wirth's Circus elephant at the Railway Station in Main Street. Wirth's Circus, an Australian company, regularly toured New Zealand and had even toured America. The elephant in this picture is thought to be either Alive (d. 1956) or Jewel (d. 1966)
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Unloading a Circus Elephant, Main Street Railway Station
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- 1952
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_R61_007825
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial