Elephant arrives from Bangkok, 1952

Supplementary material reads: "No. 5: Tight fit but he made it. Baby elephant brought here by Henry Trefflich animal importer, for Clyde Beatty circus, looks at tight squeeze he'll have to make to get out of masthead storage room he was brought from Bangkok. Crew was ready to put grease on elephant but he got through but scraped his sides. Elephant had been in room two months on board the Lexa Maersk".

EXM94550031EXMN9455003EXMN94550031