“First and Only Genuine Sacred White Elephant Ever Permitted to Leave His Native Land”
NYT, December 6, 1883: MR. BARNUM’S WHITE ELEPHANT.; THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF HIS AGENT IN SECURING IT
NYT, March 29, 1884: THE SACRED BEAST HERE; FROM BURMAH TO THE GREAT MORAL SHOW. MR. BARNUM’S ANXIOUS TRIP TO THE LYDIAN MONARCH AND A SATISFACTORY EXAMINATION OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT
NYT, November 21, 1887: A GREAT LOSS TO BARNUM; HIS MENAGERIE BUILDING IN ASHES. A FIERCE FIRE IN WHICH MANY ANIMALS PERISHED—ELEPHANTS AND OTHER BEASTS ROAMING THE STREETS