Jumbo Collection

Wombwells Poster
A poster from Bostock and Wombwells circus, featuring Madame Jumbo, performing horses and various other beasts, birds and reptiles. Date: Late 19th century

Elephant / Jumbo Scrap
Jumbo goes for a walk

Jumbo the elephant giving a ride at the zoo
Jumbo the elephant giving children a ride at the zoo. 1891

England / Colchester
The High Street, Colchester, Essex, showing the Town Hall, with the Jumbo Water Tower beyond. Date: 1950s

Elephant Ride - London Zoological Gardens, Regents Park Date: circa 1905

Caricature of P T Barnum and Jumbo the elephant
Caricature of Phineas Taylor (PT) Barnum (1810-1891), American showman and businessman, and Jumbo the African elephant which he bought for his circus from London Zoo in 1882

Mandingo ritual of Mumbo Jumbo, Kolor
A Mandingo polygamist in a suit of tree bark beats one of his wives in the brutal ritual of Mumbo Jumbo, Kolor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Elephant ride (probably London Zoo), Victorian period

Jumbo the elephant

RMS Titanic - postcard, Wallace Hartley, Captain Smith
RMS Titanic - unusual jumbo size postcard by A. Stott of Barnoldswick, The Wreck of the Titanic, with portraits of Wallace Hartley (violinist and bandleader) and Captain Edward Smith

A Big Order, Measuring Mr Jumbo for a New Suit Date: 1930

The body of Jumbo the elephant, pictured after his death following a rail crash at a marshalling yard in Ontario, Canada in 1885. Date: 1885

Jumbo's joy in the hot weather: Elephants shooting the chute at the Franco-British Exhibition held at White City, London 1908 Date: 1908

Johnnys Pa soaked by an Elephant at the Zoo
Comic Postcard - Johnnys Pa - Johnnys Pa takes the children to the Zoo (and gets a little more than he was bargaining for...!). Date: 1907

Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo (Napoleon III)
Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo. The Pope threatens Napoleon III, the French Emperor, with excommunication. An accompanying poem begins: Mumbo Jumbo was a Guy, Frightened people formerly

Mandinka polygamist in a bark suit beats one
A Mandinka polygamist in a tree-bark suit beats one of his wives in the brutal ritual of Mumbo Jumbo. From Mungo Parks Travels in the Interior of Africa

Jumbo the elephant: his attempted removal
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant in his younger days
Sketches of Jumbo the elephant at the gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park, depicting Jumbo in his youth, showing how he lost his tusks whilst attempting to force open a door

Jumbo the elephant: on the way to Millwall docks
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from at the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant: on the way to St Katherines docks
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant: on the way to the docks
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant: the barge voyage to Millwall
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant stuffed
Jumbos mannikin and the end result: celebrated elephant Jumbo is stuffed for posterity and continues touring with American showman P.T Barnum even in death. Date: 1886

Jumbo the elephant
Jumbo the African elephant pictured at the gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park, around the time he was purchased by American showman P.T Barnum. Date: 1885

Jumbo the elephant versus Charles Bradlaugh
Punch magazines comment on the unwelcome departure of the elephant Jumbo from England to America with P.T Barnum. Here Mr Punch suggests Barnum take an altogether different beast

FALL / GRIFFON / HIND LEGS
KRANDON JUMBO JET The little black griffon stands on its hind legs. Owner: Woolford Date: 1976

Foster General Purpose Engine DO2003
Foster General Purpose Engine, regn. DO2003 number 2127, Jumbo the 4th. Built in 1898 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 8 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Southend - Never Never Land - Jumbo
Southend - Never Never Land Jumbo emerges from the jungle. Date: circa 1935

Mumbo Jumbo
Explorer Mungo Park reports the honour given by natives of Senegal/Nigeria to MUMBO- JUMBO, an idol to whom even the king must pay reverence, as shown here. Date: 18th century

Jumbo / Letter
In response to Miss Stevens enquiry Jumbos keeper, Matthew Scott, informs her that the circumference of the elephants hind feet is 5 and the fore feet 5 6"

Victorian Scrap - An Elephant Ride at the Zoo. late 19th century

Old Maid card game - Jumbo the Gardener. circa 1950s

Miss Mary Studholme - British Actress and Jumbo Junior
Miss Mary Studholme (1872-1930) - British Actress pictured with Jumbo Junior from the Royal Italian Circus. Date: circa 1905

Misfitz - Jumbo. early 20th century

Zoological Misfitz - Jumbo. early 20th century

Jumbo the elephant at Regents Park, 1865
Jumbo the African elephant at the gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park, pictured after he was imported in 1865

Jumbo Jet Bedtime Story

Farewell ride on Jumbo
A Farewell ride on Jumbo. The famous and popular African elephant kept at the London Zoological Gardens at Regents Park, London, giving a group of children a ride on his back

Elephants / Circus Lorch
During a performance by the Circus Lorch, at Linz (Austria), the elephant, teased by the clowns, turns on them impatiently. Good on you, Jumbo !

Phineas Taylor Barnum
PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM American showman - opened museum of curios, exhibited Tom Thumb and imported Jumbo

Jumbo / Photo
Jumbo is shown with a keeper (possibly Matthew Scott) and seven people who ride on his back

Super-Jumbo Aircraft
Super-Jumbo Passenger Carriers

Mungo Park at Jumbo

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