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The
images were first shown in the gallery and after installed on a NFTA Metro
Bus, which traveled different routes in the Buffalo Metropolitan area
for six weeks. The series represents 100 years of Buffalo's calamities
mixed with disaster films. Jumbo the elephant attacked his trainer during
the 1901 Pan American Exhibition. His trainer decided to execute Jumbo
by public electrocution and sold 700 tickets. Jumbo's thick skin saved
him and he surrvived the attempt. view documentation |