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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
Digitisation ID
2014N_R61_007825
Title
Unloading a Circus Elephant, Main Street Railway Station
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 61
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
1952

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

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

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