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Recent uploads
The last upload was December 2011.
Tiger in a cage from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Tending to the elephant from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Standing horse from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Men and camel from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Caged hyena and wolf, Lord John Sanger & Sons from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Leopard, Lord John Sanger & Sons from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Feeding elephants from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Elephant ploughing a field from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Elephant towing a caravan from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Caged lioness from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Caged tiger from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Lion behind bars from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Man and lion cub from North East Museums uploaded October 2011
Elephant and girl from North East Museums uploaded October 2011
Elephant lying down from North East Museums uploaded October 2011
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Tending to the elephant
from North East Museums
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Bilal Qayyum said:
wow! royal treatment! :D
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Peter Mackey said:
this is very sad, the elephant is skinny, distressed and obviously underfeed.
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kevin.scrivens said:
The elephant is holding up its foot to have its shoe fitted. If it were distressed I doubt if the man would be too keen on having its foot resting in his knee. It is probably one of Bostock's famous elephants which all had long happy lives, and were very well fed.
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Sarah said:
Thw humans are sqauting uncomfortably, arduous labor to make an animals feet comfortsale. Wonder if they had decent wages and accomodations. Wonder if the humans were warm in winter and cool in summer tending to the animals.
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Geoffrey Younger said:
Kate Feely and Tom Bartlett.
Elephant and girl
from North East Museums
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max parsons said:
stunning -gadget
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AninhadaBest said:
It's a sweet shot. I think it's amazing how the little girl is playing with such a huge animal...
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Liz said:
It's Bostock & Wombwell's Circus and Menagerie I've researched part of their Australasian Tour. They were in New Zealand in 1906 and gifted a young one year old Lion to the City of Wellington. They auctioned off the animals on the Australasian Tour in November 1906 in Australia. I'm not certain if it was Melbourne or Sydney including a 35 year old Asiatic Elephant named Alice. I'm hoping the elephant is Alice in the photos. Bostock & Wombwell were long established in the UK as I recall from around 1825
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Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
@Madbushfarm Fantastic. Thanks so much for the information.
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Alex Asensi said:
so beautiful (L)