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Jumbo the Elephant

When Barnum took his museum exhibits and his menagerie on the road he created what we think of as the circus today. One of the massive attractions, literately, was Jumbo the Elephant. Jumbo has lived on in our popular history by defining the adjective 'jumbo' as being large in size.
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Jumbo and his Keeper
Autobiography of Jumbo's Keeper
Route Book
Souvenir Scarf
Cabinet Card
Jumbo Mold
Program, 1903
Ticket
Jumbo Pitcher
Jumbo's Tragedy
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