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Fancy having a lion, tiger, horse, goat, and monkeys living next door? Poor Mr Jarvis did. Read about 'Queensland's worst neighbour' at our John Oxley Library Blog: blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2010/02/05/queenslands-worst-nei...

That article is priceless!

I can confirm there are two lions in that photo. The lions were obtained from Melbourne zoo and integrated into the act. It was first performed in Brisbane in May 1903 Ref: THE "INNER LIFE" OF A MODERN CIRCUS. (1903, May 23). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 22 Supplement: Unknown. Retrieved March 16, 2015, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21645453

Liz Clark Thank you for confirming where the lions came from. Great to read the article from the Queenslander about Wirth's Circus. We will add this detail to the image record. Thank you

You're welcome. Here's the blog post I wrote about it today. circuszooanimals.blogspot.co.nz/2015/03/an-ocular-demonst...

The B-25 was called the "Mitchell" not the "Fairfax." North Amerian did have a manufacturing facility at "Fairfax Airport" in Kansas City, Kansas, if Wikipedia is to be believed. Perhaps that is the source of confusion? Or did they call it the Fairfax before it was christened the Mitchell?

The B-25 was called the "Mitchell" in honor of Gen. "Billy" Mitchell who was the driving force behind establishing the USAF. One of North American Aviation's manufacturing plants was Fairfax Airport where they were assembling B-25s

Fairfax was the location of one of the B-25 plants