Editing Jumbo (section)

==Legacy==

Remaining in the United Kingdom are statues and other memorabilia of Jumbo. The elephant &ndash; or rather his statuette in the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] &ndash; was made [[holotype]] of [[Richard Lydekker]]'s proposed [[subspecies]] (''Loxodonta africana rothschildi'') for the large elephants of the eastern [[Sahel]]. Modern authorities do not recognize this (or any other subspecies of African bush elephants), considering its purportedly diagnostic large size and peculiarly shaped ears to be individual variation.

While Jumbo's hide resided at Tufts' P.T. Barnum Hall, a superstition held that dropping a coin into a nostril of the trunk would bring good luck on an examination or sports event.<ref name="Tufts-mascot"/>  Although the hide was destroyed by a major fire,<ref name="Immolation">"[http://www.americanheritage.com/content/immolation-jumbo The Immolation Of Jumbo]", ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]'', Vol. 26, Issue 6, October 1975.</ref> Jumbo remains the mascot of Tufts, and representations of the elephant are featured prominently throughout the campus.<ref name="Tufts-mascot"/>

[[Image:Jumbo1St.jpg|thumb|left|Jumbo statue in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada]]
A life-sized statue of the elephant was erected in 1985 in St. Thomas, Ontario, to commemorate the centennial of the elephant's death.  It is located on Talbot Street on the west side of the city. In 2006 the Jumbo statue was inducted into the [[North America Railway Hall of Fame]] in the category of "Railway Art Forms & Events" as having local significance.<ref>[//narhf.org/?p=5762 The North America Railway Hall of Fame | Inductee: The Jumbo Statue]</ref>
St. Thomas's Railway City Brewery sells an IPA beer named Dead Elephant.

Jumbo was the inspiration of the nickname of the 19th-century [[Jumbo Water Tower]] in the town of [[Colchester]] in [[Essex]], England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Column: Rev John, Jumbo and another remarkable story in Colchester's history |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18995105.rev-john-another-remarkable-character-colchesters-history/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Gazette |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Lucy the Margate Elephant HABS NJ,1-MARGCI,1-7.jpg|thumb|[[Lucy the Elephant]], a Jumbo-inspired building in New Jersey]]
Jumbo is referenced by a plaque outside the old Liberal Hall, now a [[Wetherspoons]] pub, in [[Crediton]], United Kingdom.<ref name="Chambers(2008)">{{cite book|last=Chambers|first=Paul|title=Jumbo the greatest elephant in the world|year=2008|publisher=Steerforth Press|location=Hanover, N.H.|isbn=978-1586421533|page=PT14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2WkXkdmLGNoC&pg=PT14|edition=1st US}}</ref>

[[Lucy the Elephant]], a six-story structure in [[Margate City, New Jersey]], was modeled after Jumbo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ensslin |first1=John C. |title=Jersey Icons: Lucy the Elephant |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2017/08/13/jersey-icons-lucy-elephant/525958001/ |website=northjersey.com |publisher=www.northjersey.com |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> Built by [[James V. Lafferty]] in 1881, Lucy is the oldest surviving [[Roadside attraction|roadside tourist attraction]] in America and a [[National Historic Landmark]]. Lafferty also made other Jumbo-shaped structures, including [[Elephantine Colossus]], on [[Coney Island]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lucytheelephant.org/|title=The World's Greatest Elephant - Lucy The Elephant|website=Lucy The Elephant|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref>

Jumbo has been lionized on a series of sheet-music covers from roughly 1882–83. The four-colour lithograph of Jumbo was created by [[Alfred Concanen]] of England, with the music title "Why Part With Jumbo",{{efn|Full title: "Why Part With Jumbo, the Pet of the Zoo"; by: George Barnham (composer); G. H. Macdermott (lyricist); Ernest J. Symons (composer)<ref name=JS-Jumbo>{{cite journal|title=Why Part With Jumbo, the Pet of the Zoo|url=https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/22643|journal=Levy Sheet Music Collection|publisher=JScholarship|access-date=26 December 2013|last1=Barnham (Composer)|first1=George|last2=MacDermott (Lyricist)|first2=G. H.|last3=Symons (Composer)|first3=Ernest J.}}</ref> }} a song by the ''[[lion comique]]'' of [[Victorian Britain|Victorian British]] [[music hall]]s, [[G. H. MacDermott]]. It pictured children zoo visitors riding, somewhat precariously, on Jumbo's back. Multiple American lithographic music covers were done, including by [[John Henry Bufford|J. H. Bufford]]'s Sons.

Canadian folk singer [[James Gordon (Canadian musician)|James Gordon]] wrote the song "Jumbo's Last Ride", which recounts the story of Jumbo's life and death. It is on his 1999 CD ''Pipe Street Dreams''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jumbo's Last Ride|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/jumbos-last-ride-mt0000759950|website=AllMusic|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref>

Canadian professional ice hockey player [[Joe Thornton]] (b. 1979) from St. Thomas, Ontario is nicknamed Jumbo Joe as a homage to Jumbo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2010/07/10/st-thomas-honours-its-hockey-hero-with-banner|title=St. Thomas honours its hockey hero with banner|last1=Rea|first1=Kyle|date=July 10, 2010|access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035507/http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2010/07/10/st-thomas-honours-its-hockey-hero-with-banner|archive-date=March 4, 2016|publisher=[[St. Thomas Journal]]|quote=The nickname is a homage to Jumbo, the famous elephant killed in St. Thomas 125 years ago.}}</ref>

The 1941 animated film ''[[Dumbo]]'' released by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] was inspired by the story of Jumbo and is regarded as one of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest animated films of all time]]. Despite the film being fictional, many people have speculated that Jumbo might have been the title character's father.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-28|title=Barnum, Jumbo & Dumbo!|url=https://barnum-museum.org/barnum-jumbo-dumbo/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=The Barnum Museum|language=en-US}}</ref>