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| Title | Elephant "Miss Mona" gives a newspaper to a young woman outside the Seattle Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, 1941 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1941 |
| Caption | Miss Mona, the tight rope walking elephant, was a member of the Polack Brothers Circus, which performed at the Palomar Theater (currently known as the Pantages Theater) in June of 1941. |
| Notes | Written on sleeve: Elephants, Mona
Handwritten on image: Mrs. Chas. Clavy and Mona
Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, August 26, 1941; p. 13
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 21, 1941 |
| Subjects | Elephants—Washington (State)—Seattle; Newspapers—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2447.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
