- 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
Parades and processions--Georgia--Atlanta
Events--Georgia--Atlanta
Advertising--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Motorcades--Georgia
Flags--United States
Automobile driving--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1950-1960
Zoo Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a parade held for the arrival of Cocoa II the elephant and Penny the elephant in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
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 33.33.24
ahc033033024a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/129
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white safety film
- Original Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
