Alice the elephant loading the Wirth's Circus train
Alice the elephant loading the Wirth's Circus train
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
c.1932
Call Numbers
Home and Away - 5790
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 1 glass photonegative
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Item
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Alice the elephant loading the Wirth's Circus train
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Taken for Sam Hood's "Argus" and "Australasian" picture service.
Wirth's Circus
[Pyrmont Goods Yard ?]
Digital order no:hood_05790
Alphanumeric designations
Original item no. DG ON4/5790
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Alice of Wonderland City. Wirth's Circus bought her from William Anderson in 1908. By the 1920's Alice was well travelled with the circus and with her came the myth that she was over 100 years old. Alice was born around 1876. She was owned by Bostock & Wombwell's Circus and Menagerie until 1906 when she was auctioned and bought by William Anderson....
Identifiers
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Call Numbers
Home and Away - 5790
Record Identifier
9PQyNDqn
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Reference code
9981
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