[Nancy the Elephant's Baby Shower. The Chicago Zoological Park at Brookfield, Ill.] [black-and-white photograph] / Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Ill. [August 12, 1940]

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[Nancy the Elephant's Baby Shower. The Chicago Zoological Park at Brookfield, Ill.] [black-and-white photograph] / Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Ill. [August 12, 1940]

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On August 12, 1940, a baby shower was held in the Pachyderm House. Nancy wore a baby-blue and white bed jacket specially designed for her by a tent manufacturer. As it turned out, Nancy's pregnancy was nothing more than an inordinate weight gain.

1 photograph : black-and-white.

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