Here is a throw back to the Fighting Elephants in 1948. You can see why they are now on a talle

Here is a throw back to the Fighting Elephants in 1948. You can see why they are now on a taller base. It keeps people from being able to touch them. © The Field Museum, GN78722.Stanley Field Hall with students. Shows several girls and a few boys with their teachers (nuns in habit), Penicillin exhibit, wood benches, girl touching one of the elephants legs, displayed at floor level, looking towards south staircase, Akeley Lion Spearing Bronze sculpture in background.8x10 negative 4/16/1948  -- source link

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