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Thomas Edison electrocuted the elephant Topsy at Coney Island in 1903.

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Is it true that Thomas Edison electrocuted the elephant Topsy at Coney Island in 1903?

Yes. Multiple independent sources state that the elephant Topsy was electrocuted at Coney Island in January 1903, and that Thomas Edison's company filmed the execution amid his current war with Westinghouse.

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Electrocuting an Elephant - Wikipedia
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Electrocuting an Elephant - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant

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Topsy : the startling story of the crooked-tailed elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American wizard, Thomas Edison
2013
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author, D. M. 1. (2013). Topsy : the startling story of the crooked-tailed elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American wizard, Thomas Edison. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/topsystartlingst0000daly_e1v0

Nature’s carnival: the ecology of pleasure at Coney Island
2006
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Nature’s carnival: the ecology of pleasure at Coney Island. (2006). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203027523-12

“Sparks Would Fly”: Electricity and the Spectacle of Animality
2017
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“Sparks Would Fly”: Electricity and the Spectacle of Animality. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474400022.003.0006

Tod im Kino: Indexikalisches Sterben in ikonisch-symbolischen Ordnungen des kinematographischen Diskurses
2022
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Tod im Kino: Indexikalisches Sterben in ikonisch-symbolischen Ordnungen des kinematographischen Diskurses. (2022). directory.doabooks.org. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81892

Tod im Kino: Indexikalisches Sterben in ikonisch-symbolischen Ordnungen des kinematographischen Diskurses
2022
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Tod im Kino: Indexikalisches Sterben in ikonisch-symbolischen Ordnungen des kinematographischen Diskurses. (2022). library.oapen.org. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/1bb2c46c-485a-4d17-813c-e6a87afabd93/9783963178450.pdf

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