Valse Jumbo
| ID | JSS0086 |
| Title | Valse Jumbo |
| Document Reference | MS2726/77 |
| Format | 262 x 145 mm |
| Medium | Printed cover for sheet music |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Printed Cover, Sheet Music, Jumbo Valse, London Zoo, Barnum |
| Item Description | The lower half of the sheet music cover of Skinner's Valse Jumbo, written after 1881, while he was living in Elgin. Jumbo, an African elephant who children rode on at London Zoo, was bought by the American showman Phineas T. Barnum in 1882 for £10,000. Despite British protests, Jumbo was taken to the United States. He died in Ontario, Canada, in 1885, having been struck by a locomotive. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1890's-1900's |
| Associated Dates: Creation | after 1881 |
| Related Images | MS2726/77 (verso of words) |
| Relationships | JSS0084, JSS0085, JSS0772 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
Historic Collections · Kings
College · Old Aberdeen · AB24 3SW
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