Book of Jumbo, Largest Elephant In or Out of Captivity - Greenfield, Wednesday, July 26.

15 pp. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 35.5x26 cm (14x10¼"), saddle-stitched illustrated wrappers. Wrappers horizontally creased, minor tears and chipping, 3-inch tear in middle of back wrapper, paper toned; about very good. Rare fragile program for the July 26th, 1882, appearance of Jumbo the Elephant at Greenfield, NY. This is a wonderful piece of ephemera about Jumbo, an African elephant, that was purchased from the London Zoo by showman P.T. Barnum in 1882 and removed to the United States where he would be exhibited by Barnum until his unfortunate death in 1885 when struck by a locomotive in St. Thomas Ontario. Jumbo was large, standing close to 11 feet at the shoulder, and over 12,000, but larger elephants have been recorded. OCLC locates only a single copy of this program at the Connecticut Historical Society Library, but that copy is for the June 5th appearance in Hartford. (Inventory #: 106749)