For a number of years, the Sells-Floto Circus played to standing-room-only audiences in Seattle. The company set up its tents near where Seattle Center is today, and kicked off its visit with a parade through the downtown area. The herd of elephants was particularly popular--and hungry. On May 31, 1910, the Seattle Times reported that "the peanut vendors did a thriving business, thanks to the voracity of the elephants."
<p>In this photo, taken at the Sells-Floto Circus around 1912, a young girl poses on the back of a small performing elephant.
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Circuses &amp; shows; Elephants; Sells-Floto Circus ; Trained animals</li></ul>
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Webster &amp; Stevens</div>
circa 1912 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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