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Babe, an Indian elephant reputed
to be ninety-six years old, was
retired to the National Zoo after
fifty-one years of trouping with
circuses. One of the most-photo-
graphed elephants in the world,
she was dean of the herd and a
wise and judicious leader, having
quelled many a stampede. In
1934 Head Keeper William
Blackburne appeared in the
center ring of Ringling’s Circus
to accept Babe for the children of
Washington, and he walked her
from Florida Avenue to her new
residence at the National Zoo.
Left to right: Mr. Gumpertz, Babe,
Dr. William M. Mann, Mr. Robert
Ringling, Mr. Emory, Mr. William
Blackburne.
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Front Cover:
In the center of this 1897 montage,
Head Keeper William Blackburne
leads male Indian elephants Dunk
and Gold Dust to Rock Creek for
their daily bath. Rambunctious
rogues with bad reputations, they
were presented to the Zoo by the
Adam Forepaugh Circus in 1891
and were the first animals on the
newly acquired land for the
National Zoo. The other animals
(clockwise, starting at the top) are:
a Manchurian tiger, female deer,
the male Macmillan lion, a zebu, a
male American elk, one of the
ostriches from King Menelik of
Abyssinia, red kangaroos, an
American bison, Mexican pumas, a
male red deer, and a llama.
Back Cover:
The old Lion House, demolished in
1974, was built in 1891 for animals
requiring heat during the cold
months. In those days it was
known as the Carnivora House,
although it was home to a vast
assortment of tropical birds and
reptiles, monkeys, lions, rhinoc-
eroses, alligators and caimans,
Galapagos tortoises, and whatever
else was added to the menagerie
and needed to be kept warm. This
interior view shows the glass case
for the pythons and (in the back-
ground) the tank for the alligators.
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Volume 10, Number 6
November-December 1981
Special 1982 Calendar Issue
David K. Krohne
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