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These two photographs show a group of men, some with rifles, standing around the carcass of "Snyder" the Ringling Brothers elephant that was killed on a rampage in Salina, Kansas.
Date: around 1922
Item Number: 315177
Call Number: FK2.S1 S.723 *6-7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 315177
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Circuses
Date - 1920s
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Elephants
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Counties - Saline
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Postcards
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