Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Lot #683:

Jumbo Circus Elephant CDV, Die Cut, and Newspaper Advertisement.

Jumbo Circus Elephant CDV, Die Cut, and Newspaper Advertisement. Three pieces, including a newspaper advertisement with wood-engraved illustration of Jumbo (8 ½ x 5 ¼”), ca. 1883; CDV of Jumbo, a group of children riders; and die cut of the dead elephant prostrate on railroad tracks (4 ¾ x 6”).