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Claude C. Matlack Photographs
Aaron Yarnell with elephants Baby Carl and Rosie (Miami Beach, Fla.),
1924 August 19.
Yarnell and wagon pulled by two elephants, on the polo field in front of the Nautilus Hotel.
Carl Fisher acquired Carl II in 1921, and appointed assistant gardener Yarnell the elephant's keeper until a handler could be imported from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). By the time the Ceylonese handler arrived, Carl II had grown fond of Yarnell and refused to accept any changes. Yarnell kept his job.
Credit: Claude Matlack Collection, Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
Image number: Matlack 32-33
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