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Richard Nixon Petting Circus Lion

04 Jun 1953, Washington, DC, USA — Vice President Nixon strokes the head of Sheba, a lion in the P.T. Barnum Circus Saints and Sinners tent, on June 4, 1953. Nixon said of the lion, “He’s a nice animal, a nice big cat.” — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS


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