2-324-077 - www.picturethepast.org.uk/Nottingham City Council /Heritage Images

The Wakes, Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, c1900s. Showing an elephant from one of the menagerie sideshows. Travelling menagerie is the term commonly used to describe itinerant the animal exhibitions that developed during the 19th century. The expression travelling zoo was also used. As well as exhibiting on fairgrounds, they were a staple feature of circuses.