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Hamilton, Anne Marie. #LucyisMargate: a community's efforts to save their town's resident pachyderm. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-pxr1-kq16

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Title#LucyisMargate: a community's efforts to save their town's resident pachyderm
NameHamilton, Anne Marie (author); Gomes Coelho, Rui (chair); Woodhouse-Beyer, Katharine (internal member); Rico, Trinidad (internal member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2020
Other Date2020-01 (degree)
SubjectLucy the Elephant, Art History, Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- History -- New Jersey -- Margate City
Extent1 online resource (vii, 86 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionLucy the Margate Elephant is a historic structure located in Margate, New Jersey. She was constructed by James V. Lafferty in 1881 and is shaped like an Asian elephant. The elephant was in danger of demolition but was saved by a group of volunteers in the 1970s known as the Save Lucy Committee. In this thesis, I examine the emotions and connections people feel toward Lucy and try to determine why the campaign for her preservation has been so successful. To do so, I discuss notions of community and heritage and provide a general background on zoomorphic architecture and roadside attractions in the United States.

The methodology used in this study was a mixture of interviews and document analysis. Interviews with individuals connected with Lucy and documentary evidence suggested that people connect with Lucy because she is a unique and singular structure. She is also frequently associated with childhood memories and serves in many ways as a symbol for her community and as an outlet for people’s feelings about change in the community’s character.
 
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-pxr1-kq16
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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