{"id":2449,"date":"2012-10-04T11:53:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T11:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:27:43","slug":"july-26-1963-circus-parade-downtown-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/04\/july-26-1963-circus-parade-downtown-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant gives baby once-over"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/04\\\/july-26-1963-circus-parade-downtown-pittsburgh\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 516px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"516\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 516px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"516\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/04\/july-26-1963-circus-parade-downtown-pittsburgh\/attachment\/2450\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"512\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2450\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbahxbkOiq1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,824\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Post-Gazette&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EPSON scanner&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Elephants Circus Parade\\rDate: July 26, 1963\\rCredit: James Klingensmith, Post-Gazette\\rPittsburgh&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;TumblrHTY_07261963_Circus_Elephants&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Elephants Circus Parade&lt;br \/&gt; Date: July 26, 1963&lt;br \/&gt; Credit: James Klingensmith, Post-Gazette&lt;br \/&gt; Pittsburgh&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbahxbkOiq1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbahxbkOiq1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C515&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbahxbkOiq1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=512&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"512\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 512px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><em><strong>July 26, 1963:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The caption for this photograph in the Post-Gazette read: \u201cCome See Me at the Circus \u2014 Says Jumbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The photograph ran with the cutline: \u201cOne peanut-sized spectator at the Police Circus parade yesterday got the once-over from one of the elephants making the march through the Downtown streets. The parade of performers invited youngsters of all ages to the 64th annual circus which will offer two performances today at Forbes Field. The Three Stooges are featured at the circus which will also present 100 acts by performers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo by James Klingensmith, Post-Gazette)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCome See Me at the Circus \u2014 Says Jumbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/04\/july-26-1963-circus-parade-downtown-pittsburgh\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Elephant gives baby once-over<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[962,967,972,977,1005,1250,1031],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbahxbkOiq1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C824&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2452,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/04\/july-13-1961-circus-parade-in-downtown\/","url_meta":{"origin":2449,"position":0},"title":"Circus parade in Downtown Pittsburgh","date":"October 4, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"This photograph was not published in the newspaper.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbah13e1751rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C811&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1320,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/10\/09\/dreaming-of-the-world-series-too-soon-you-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":2449,"position":1},"title":"Dreaming of the World Series\u2026 Too soon, you say?","date":"October 9, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"It\u2019s not done yet. 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