Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
First baby elephant born in captivity : Mother "Hebe" and baby named Young America, born at Philadelphia, Pa. March 10th 1880 . . . property of Cooper & Bailey . . .
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 37a/Normal/19th c./Unidentified Artists/Circus GA 2022.00126
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcq524k2350
Publisher
[ca. 1880]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1880
Extent
1 photograph ; albumen print 25.8 x 36.3 cm on board 30.2 x 40.8 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [photographer]
Title from inscription on verso by J.T. McCaddon, brother-in-law of James A. Bailey.
Photograph of 1880 illustration by H.H. Cross.
Unsigned by the photographer.

Discovery Information

Subject
Cooper and Bailey—History—19th century—Portraits
Elephants—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History—19th century—in art
Circus—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History—19th century—in art
Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—19th century—In art
Albumen prints—19th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
3

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3fee0814-955e-4b91-88e2-583c82a5e79d/manifest