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Ms Nenk said its design - showing an elephant with a war-tower or howdah on its back - later became known as the "'elephant and castle' of heraldic iconography".

Some continue up the side stairs to Lucy’s ornate howdah, which is perched atop the 65-foot-tall elephant and offers stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic City skyline.

About the first time they climbed the spiral staircase up her leg and gazed at the sea from her howdah.

The same interest in foreign innovations that explains importing European steel sword blades manifests in the monoplane and silver-colored Rolls-Royce that replace the howdah and palanquin.

Luxury planes for Donald and friends are just the latest edition of the palanquins, howdahs, and gold plated coaches of the past.