Forest Park Zoo

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20038219

Description

The Forest Park Zoo celebrated the birthday of their elephant, "Queen Tut." Jim Brown, assistant zookeeper, showed up to the celebration in an ambulance as a group of children cheered. Mr. Brown was badly injured on July 12th when an elephant, Sugar, attacked him. He is laying on a gurney with a quilt wrapped around his body and his left arm in a sling.

Archival Date

1940-08-17

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-965

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

Elephants; Zoo animals; Zoos; Zoo keepers