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Barnum Queen Biography
† Barnum Queen is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , , who died 1942? at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , in United States , .
Origin
Barnum Queen was born wild 1894? .
Comments / pictures Apr death year, as well as arrival at Barnum from Hagenbeck 1904.This elephant had been imported by the Barnum Show in the mid 1890's, she was included in the Herd
that made the European tour, sold back to the Hagenbeck Zoo in April of 1921 along with Jess , Mary and "Vanita " for replenishment of the zoo's stock after WW1 and surprisingly made her fifth crossing of the Atlantic Ocean when purchased by Charlie Sparks in 1923. She is probably best remembered as the "surrogate" mother to the African "pygmies" imported by RBBB in 1936. [...] She was imported to Barnum & Bailey about 1894 and later made the 5 year European Tour with that show. After WW1 she and three more elephants were sold to the Hagenbeck Zoo to replenish their supply of animals and ironically made a fifth crossing of the Atlantic Ocean when purchased by Charlie Sparks in 1923. William Buckles Woodcock, 2008
John Ringling
Animals Are My Life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck Veneda , Jess , and Mary. (Maybe this Mary )Records about Barnum Queen from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/ Buckles Woodcocks blog :William "Buckles" Woodcock Reference list References Koehl, Dan, (2025). Barnum Queen, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States . Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1975 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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