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Description

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)

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 61
Date
1952
Digitisation ID
2014N_R61_007825
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
amusement,
fun,
labour,
photographs,
r 61,
railways,
train,
Community Tags
elephant,

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