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Traveling by Elephant to Florence

Date: 02 20 1923
Description: Five people are posing around an elephant in front of a large tree. Two people are standing next to the elephant, one man is the mahout sitting at the elep...
Photograph

Elephant with Two Riders

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Two men are sitting on an elephant. A crowd of people are in the background. A ladder is lying in the foregound.
Photograph

Crowd Watching Elephant Parade

Date: 1910
Description: A crowd watches a parade of people riding elephants down the street. A cable car and horse-drawn carts are nearby. Caption reads: "N.E. Cor. Square, Oskalo...
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Elephants

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of large crowd of people watching elephants from the Ringling Brothers Circus turning the corner of First and Main Streets.
Photograph

Circus Elephants on Parade

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Description: A long string of circus elephants parades single file down a metropolitan street lined on both sides by huge crowds of people.
Postcard

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Slightly elevated view of Ronald Reagan standing outdoors among a crowd of young people and shaking hands. Someone in the crowd is holding a large sign tha...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1972
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Richard Nixon and running mate Spiro Agnew, and George McGovern and running mate Sargent Shriver. The c...
Photograph

Pinckney Street Parade with Elephants

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of elephants on Pinckney Street, with a man on a horse on the far left, and a crowd of people watching from the sidewalks. The le...
Poster

Demonstrate No Confidence

Date: 1976
Description: Political poster urging citizens to "Demonstrate No Confidence" in neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. The poster has a cartoon of the Republican el...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1956
Description: Framed assortment of buttons, and a few stamps, representing the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956. A few of the ...

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