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Props used by Bertha The Elephant in her show at John Ascuaga

Blast from the past. Many pieces from Nugget’s 53-year history headed to $2 million warehouse or auction block

2008-03-16 - Reno, United States. RAY HAGAR

Workers cleared out a warehouse last week in Sparks, where John Ascuaga’s Nugget had stored many relics of its 53-year history. The opening act for the showroom, and a Nugget tradition, was Bertha the elephant. Bertha died in 1999 at age 48 after appearing on stage for 37 consecutive years. Ascuaga bought Bertha in 1962 for $8,000 from a circus museum in Wisconsin and treated her like royalty, building her and her later stage partners, Tina and Angel, the Elephant Palace.


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