Retronaut » Brixton http://www.retronaut.co The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Brixton Zebra http://www.retronaut.co/2010/03/the-brixton-zebra/ http://www.retronaut.co/2010/03/the-brixton-zebra/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:01:10 +0000 Chris http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1960

This picture shows a zebra-driven hackney cab travelling from Brixton towards Stockwell. The driver is Gustav Grais who ran a circus of zebras and baboons.

Tame Zebras were not unusual at the beginning of the twentieth century:


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Thanks to Vonalina Cake and Urban 75.

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