Jim Parker Photos #1 (From Tim Tegge)

My dear friend, "Diamond Jim" Parker left his magnificent collection of circus items to me after his passing, some years back. Included were, literally, hundreds of photograph albums of shows, show people, etc. I am constantly sorting through these albums, archiving images, etc. Parker always had some type of camera with him wherever he went and snapped off tens of thousands of pictures over the years. It is my pleasure to share the following with you now, and I will continue to do so in the weeks and months ahead, whenever I have a chance to scan and forward more of them. The first two images were taken in 1972, at the zoo in Albany, GA. The elephant is ALASKA, and the trainer/keeper is W.T. Hill. With him in one of the images is another close friend, also now gone, Mr,. Kent Ghirard, from Honolulu, Hawaii.