Lucy the Elephant from front and left side.
Lucy the Elephant from front and left side. Metal fence and tiered benches in foreground. Lucy is a functioning building with windows in her flanks. She stands six stories tall, weighs 90 tons and is a wood constructed building covered with 12,000 square feet of sheet tin. Lucy depicts a male Asian elephant sporting a pink blanket with a large brown open-air "howdah" on her back. Lucy is the world's largest elephant, and the only one in America designated as a National Historic Landmark. She is the oldest example of Zoomorphic architecture. Built in 1882 and saved and totally refurbished in 1970
Size: 3493px × 5241px
Location: Margate City, New Jersey, United States America, USA
Photo credit: © Janice Hazeldine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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