Queen Tut, elephant, receiving offerings of peanuts from her fans at a Forest Park Zoo open house

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20061070

Description

Happy birthday Queen Tut. Queen Tut, zoo elephant obligingly receives offerings of bread and peanuts from her public Sunday, when an open house was held at Forest Park Zoo in honor of her 28th birthday. Penny, her undersized stablemate, wistfully thrusts out her trunk for a share of the day's proceeds. Photograph of two elephants in their enclosure, A crowd of people are standing in front of the enclosure feeding the elephants. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning Edition September 08, 1947.

Archival Date

1947-09-07

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1893

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Queen Tut; Penny; Elephants; Zoo animals; Zoos; Forest Park Zoo