{"id":475,"date":"2009-11-30T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/?p=475"},"modified":"2018-09-18T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T20:23:44","slug":"livingston-illinois-pink-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"Livingston, Illinois Pink Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the namesake for the &#8220;Pink Elephant Antique Mart&#8221; in Livingston, IL. We went there to get the Big Beach Boy and Muffler Man (see Big People) and got this pink elephant as well. I&#8217;ve run into more of these pink elephants around. A couple of them are in front of liquor stores and are holding a martini glass with their trunk, pretty clever eh?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_476\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476\" data-attachment-id=\"476\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=476\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?fit=2076%2C1443\" data-orig-size=\"2076,1443\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A520&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1259592576&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;11.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eleph5\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG_0496&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Livingston, Illinois Elephant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?fit=145%2C101\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?fit=494%2C343\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-476\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51-300x208.jpg?resize=300%2C208\" alt=\"elephant\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?resize=300%2C208 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?resize=1024%2C711 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?resize=215%2C150 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?resize=150%2C104 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/eleph51.jpg?w=1600 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Livingston, Illinois Elephant<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the namesake for the &#8220;Pink Elephant Antique Mart&#8221; in Livingston, IL. We went there to get the Big Beach Boy and Muffler Man (see Big People) and got this pink elephant as well. I&#8217;ve run into more of these pink elephants around. 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