Jumbo

…Bailey circus was the legendary Jumbo, the largest elephant in the world, which Barnum acquired in 1882.

In 1882 Barnum purchased Jumbo, an enormously popular elephant at the London Zoo, and transported him to the United States, where the larger-than-average elephant—called by Barnum “the largest elephant ever seen”—became the star attraction of Barnum’s circus. In May 1884 Barnum engineered a bounty of publicity for the circus…