Elephantine Colossus
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The Elephantine Colossus was a tourist attraction located on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.
The Elephantine Colossus (unknown date)
Lafferty received a patent for his Zoomorphic Architecture in 1882. U.S. patent 268,503
A Coney Island Tragedy: Burning of the Historic Elephant Cover from October 10, 1896, issue of The Illustrated American
Lucy the Elephant
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Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped wood frame and tin clad building, constructed in 1881 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey. Lucy was built with the purpose of promoting re
Elephantine Colossus
…building acted as a concert hall and amusement bazaar. It was the second of three elephant buildings built by Lafferty, preceded by the extant Lucy the Elephant (former Elephant Bazaar) near Atlantic City, New Jersey, and followed by The Light of Asia in Cape May, New Jersey. At 122 feet (37 m) tall, the Coney…
Lucy in 2025
HABS image circa 1976
Lucy's interior in 2019