- Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Cocoa the Elephant
- Creator:
- Johnson, Marion, 1917-1998
- Date of Original:
- 1950
- Subject:
- Zoos--Georgia--Atlanta
Elephants--Georgia
Zoo animals
Trucks--1950-1960
Vehicles--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Buses--1950-1960
Women--1950-1960
Children--1950-1960
Children--Clothing and dress
Clothing and dress--1950-1960
Coats--1950-1960
Advertising--Georgia--Atlanta
Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Zoo Atlanta
Paramount Theater (Atlanta, Ga.)
Loew's Grand Theater (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View looking north towards Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia of a parade held for the arrival of Cocoa II the elephant and Penny the elephant.
Cocoa was a female Asian elephant and had been born in the wild. She became a part of Atlanta businessman Asa Candler's personal menagerie via the Hamburg Zoo in Germany. Upon the death of Atlanta City Zoo's elephant Maude in 1933 Candler donated Cocoa. Cocoa died in 1950 and the children of Atlanta raised money for the zoo to buy two new elephants to replace Cocoa. The new elephants were Cocoa II and Penny. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 33.33.23
ahc033033023a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/128
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white safety film
- Original Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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