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A troupe of elephants march to work past the main entrance to MIT on Massachusetts Ave. The Asian elephants were en route to their gig at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, where they will perform in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Oct. 7-16.
A troupe of elephants march to work past the main entrance to MIT on Massachusetts Ave. The Asian elephants were en route to their gig at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, where they will perform in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Oct. 7-16.
Photo / Donna Coveney
Circus elephants parade down Memorial Drive past the Great Dome of MIT.
Circus elephants parade down Memorial Drive past the Great Dome of MIT.
Photo / Donna Coveney

A troupe of elephants marches to work past the main entrance to MIT on Massachusetts Ave. The Asian elephants, who arrived in Cambridge area by rail, were en route to their gig at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, where they will perform in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Oct. 7-16.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 19, 2005 (download PDF).

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