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File AvailableReed, T.H. 1960 National Zoological Park Report (Arrival of Tarun from Assam). Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1960 (pub. 1961): Select pages, 2 plates
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableConover, R.E. 1959 The Great Forepaugh Show: America's largest circus from 1864 to 1894. Xenia, Ohio, Conover, pp. i-ii, 1-17, figs. 1-12
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Adam Forepaugh (1831-1890), USA. An undated documents in coll. Adam Forepaugh in Winter Quarters on Day's Lane, east of Germantown, 22nd Ward, Philadelphia, ca. 1873 states that a large fire on 20 Dec 1873 destroyed all, including one rhinoceros [sumatrensis ?]
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Chindahl, G.L. 1959 A history of the circus in America. Caldwell, Ohio, Caxton printers, pp. i-xvi, 1-279
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Ringling-Barnum, 1920's. Photo of a den containing Indian rhino 'Bill' early 1920's in Ringling-Barnum & Baily circus.
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File AvailableUlmer, F.A. Jr. 1959 The golden age of zoo exhibits. America's First Zoo 11 (1): 5-9, figs. 1-4
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Indian Rhino
In 1875, 'Pete', the massive male Indian rhinoceros was purchased from Barnum's Circus. Old Pete became a Philadelphia landmark and not only in life, because after his death in 1901, he was mounted and placed on exhibit at the Academy of Naural Sciences.
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Chindahl, G.L. 1959 A history of the circus in America. Caldwell, Ohio, Caxton printers, pp. i-xvi, 1-279
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Rice's circus, USA, 1858. June 1858, Rice's circus was in Detroit, presenting a ropewalking elephant, a tame rhinoceros, a dancing camel (from Detroit Daily Advertiser, 17 May 1858).
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File AvailableUlmer, F.A. Jr. 1959 The golden age of zoo exhibits. America's First Zoo 11 (1): 5-9, figs. 1-4
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Indian Rhino
In 1875, 'Pete', the massive male Indian rhinoceros was purchased from Barnum's Circus. Old Pete became a Philadelphia landmark and not only in life, because after his death in 1901, he was mounted and placed on exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
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File AvailableBetts, J.R. 1959 P.T. Barnum and the popularization of natural history. Journal of the History of Ideas 20 (3): 353-368
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File AvailableReed, T.H. 1959 National Zoological Park Report (Necropsy results after death of Gunda). Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1959 (pub. 1960): Select pages
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Indian Rhino
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File AvailableNostrand, R. van 1958 Romping rhinos. Zoonooz (San Diego) 31 (5) May: 13, figs. 1-4
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Black Rhino
Two young rhino were playfully battering themselves head-on. It was a case of an irresistible force meeting an equally irresistible force, amid flying soupy mud.
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File AvailableDathe, H. 1958 Geburt und Aufzucht eines Nashorns. Zoologische Garten 24 (3/4): 37
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Black Rhino
First black rhino born 7 Oct 1941, followed by a second one.
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