http://www.atomicantiques.com/2010/02/08/coney-island-1898/ neat stuff from the 20th century Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.atomicantiques.com/2010/02/08/coney-island-1898/comment-page-1/#comment-560 BungalowBILL Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:57:41 +0000 http://www.atomicantiques.com/?p=8269#comment-560 Seeing the original post made me do some googling and found the same results. Seems Lucy's sister in Coney Island was known to be a bit umm ... promiscuous. Seeing the original post made me do some googling and found the same results. Seems Lucy’s sister in Coney Island was known to be a bit umm … promiscuous.

]]> http://www.atomicantiques.com/2010/02/08/coney-island-1898/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Mark Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.atomicantiques.com/?p=8269#comment-559 Apparently the Coney Island elephant, called the "Elephantine Colossus", was twice the size of Lucy, and was twelve stories tall. New Jersey was host to a third elephant, called "the Light of Asia" that was in South Cape May. That one was presumably a bit smaller than Lucy. The Colossus burned down, and the Light of Asia was torn down, making Lucy "the last elephant standing". James V. Lafferty was the architect on all three, having secured a patent on the structures. Apparently the Coney Island elephant, called the “Elephantine Colossus”, was twice the size of Lucy, and was twelve stories tall. New Jersey was host to a third elephant, called “the Light of Asia” that was in South Cape May. That one was presumably a bit smaller than Lucy. The Colossus burned down, and the Light of Asia was torn down, making Lucy “the last elephant standing”. James V. Lafferty was the architect on all three, having secured a patent on the structures.

]]> http://www.atomicantiques.com/2010/02/08/coney-island-1898/comment-page-1/#comment-558 BungalowBILL Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:38 +0000 http://www.atomicantiques.com/?p=8269#comment-558 Interesting. I didn't know that Lucy the Elephant in Margate NJ had a sister in Coney Island 'til now. Interesting. I didn’t know that Lucy the Elephant in Margate NJ had a sister in Coney Island ’til now.

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