Call NumberZ-8921Date1951-1955SummaryColorado Governor Daniel Thornton poses with a baby elephant at the Denver Zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The governor wears a suit, cowboy hat and cowboy boots, he holds a pipe and a prod. An adult elephant is in an adjacent pen.Physical Description1 photographic print ; 20 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver ZooDenver (Colo.)Elephants--Colorado--DenverGovernors--ColoradoZoos--Colorado--DenverThornton, Daniel I. J., 1911-1976.Geographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711008921; Forms part of the Governor Daniel Thornton papers, 1905-2001.Type of MaterialPhotographic printsNotesTitle supplied. R7110089219
Governor Thornton and elephant (1951-1955). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 14/11/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1126889
