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PETROL DRIVEN PACHYDERM MEETS THE MARGATE CROWDS
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1200 lb. elephant which arrived at Margate yesterday to delight the crowds and take the kiddies for rides was not interested in buns and has never seen the jungle . _x000D_
Jeannie , although most realistic to look at , is purely mechanical , petrol driven but can move its trunk and head and walk . Mr . Frank Stuart , the inventor , who has had orders for replicas from many parts of the world , has had to apply for a road licence for the elephant . _x000D_
_x000D_PICTURE SHOWS:- Mr Frank Stuart , the inventor ( sitting on top ) with a colleague during the construction of Jeannie the 1200lb mechanical elephant ._x000D_
_x000D_1950
Title: PETROL DRIVEN PACHYDERM MEETS THE MARGATE CROWDS
Description:
1200 lb.
elephant which arrived at Margate yesterday to delight the crowds and take the kiddies for rides was not interested in buns and has never seen the jungle .
_x000D_
Jeannie , although most realistic to look at , is purely mechanical , petrol driven but can move its trunk and head and walk .
Mr .
Frank Stuart , the inventor , who has had orders for replicas from many parts of the world , has had to apply for a road licence for the elephant .
_x000D_
_x000D_PICTURE SHOWS:- Mr Frank Stuart , the inventor ( sitting on top ) with a colleague during the construction of Jeannie the 1200lb mechanical elephant .
_x000D_
_x000D_1950.
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