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English: A frame from the 1903 74 second short documentary film Electrocuting an Elephant produced by Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith for the Edison Manufacturing Company. On January 4, 1903 Topsy the elephant was electrocuted by the owners of the Coney Island amusement park "Luna Park" in an event to raise publicity about the opening of the new park (at this point still under construction). The film captured the point when 6600 volts of electricity was turned on. Behind Topsy is the unfinished "Electric Tower" with a sign advertising "OPENING MAY 2ND 1903 LUNA PARK $1,000,000 EXPOSITION, THE HEART OF CONEY ISLAND".
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Source http://blogs.jornal.cat/ireneu-castillo-caso/blog/1038/topsy-lelefant-condemnat-a-la-cadira-electrica
Author Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith / Edison Manufacturing Company

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