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Jumbo (Elephant)

LC control no.no2014138969
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Personal name headingJumbo (Elephant)
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Associated placeLondon (England) New York (N.Y.)
Birth date1861~
Death date1885
Place of deathSt. Thomas (Ont.)
Found inJumbo, 2014: title page (Jumbo, the unauthorised biography of a Victorian sensation) jacket (Elephant; born around 1861; bought by London Zoo and was extremely popular but sold to P.T. Barnum in 1881; fictionalised by Walt Disney in the movie Dumbo and brought about the term jumbo jet; died in 1885 after being hit by a train)
The arrival of the Zoo Pet (Jumbo), 1882: t.p. (Jumbo, an elephant that was shipped to New York in 1882)
Elephant story, c2000: t.p. (Jumbo)
Wikipedia database, seen 5 November 2014 (Jumbo; approximately 1860-1885; the first international animal superstar and the first African elephant to reach Europe; lived at London Zoo for 16 years; subject of "Elephant story")
Jumbo, 2019: LAC CIP application (died in St. Thomas, Ontario)
Equivalent(s)Jumbo (Eléphant)
National bib agency no.1031H2970E
Invalid LCCNnb2014025268 sh 00002141
Quality codenlc