• Title
  Alice the elephant loading the Wirth's Circus train
• Creator
  Sam Hood, 1872-1953
• Call number
  Home and Away - 5790
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  c.1932
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9981
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 glass photonegative
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Alice of Wonderland City. Wirth's Circus bought her from William Anderson in 1908. By the 1920's Alice was well travelled with the circus and with her came the myth that she was over 100 years old. Alice was born around 1876. She was owned by Bostock & Wombwell's Circus and Menagerie until 1906 when she was auctioned and bought by William Anderson. After Wirth's Circos obtained her they changed her name to 'Princess Alice' Alice died at Wirth's Circus in Melbourne in November 1941.
  
  Reference:
  Information supplied to the State Library of NSW Flickr site, February 2011
• General note
  
  Taken for Sam Hood's "Argus" and "Australasian" picture service.
  Wirth's Circus
  [Pyrmont Goods Yard ?]
  Digital order no:hood_05790
• Alphanumeric designations
  
  Original item no. DG ON4/5790
• Name
  Wirths' Circus
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  circus wagons
  circuses
  elephants
  goods trains
  

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