James Vincent de Paul Lafferty, Jr. (1856–1898) was an Irish-American inventor, most famous for his construction of Lucy the Elephant, the Elephantine Colossus and The Light of Asia (also known as "Old Dumbo"). Born to Irish parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he received Patent Number 268503, on December 5, 1882 to protect his original invention, as well as any animal-shaped building.
james, lafferty, james, vincent, paul, lafferty, 1856, 1898, irish, american, inventor, most, famous, construction, lucy, elephant, elephantine, colossus, light, asia, also, known, dumbo, born, irish, parents, philadelphia, pennsylvania, received, patent, numb. James Vincent de Paul Lafferty Jr 1856 1898 was an Irish American inventor most famous for his construction of Lucy the Elephant the Elephantine Colossus and The Light of Asia also known as Old Dumbo Born to Irish parents in Philadelphia Pennsylvania he received Patent Number 268503 on December 5 1882 to protect his original invention as well as any animal shaped building Broke by 1887 Lafferty was forced to sell Lucy originally named Elephant Bazaar He died in 1898 and is buried in the cemetery of St Augustine s Catholic Church in Philadelphia Lafferty s U S Patent 268 503See also EditCharles Ribart French architect who designed a similar elephant shaped building Zoomorphic architectureExternal links Edit nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article U S Patent 268503 Official Lucy website nbsp This article about an American inventor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James V Lafferty amp oldid 1179807046, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
