1903: Topsy, the Elephant Electrocuted by Thomas Edison at Coney Island’s Luna Park » TopsyElectrocute2

Topsy elephant execution

Days before the event, press agent Murray arranged media coverage and posted banners around the park and on all four sides of the makeshift gallows advertising “OPENING MAY 2ND 1903 LUNA PARK $1,000,000 EXPOSITION, THE HEART OF CONEY ISLAND”. You can see these signs on the unfinished “Electric Tower” in this press photograph of the electrocution.

Topsy elephant execution, Coney Island, 1903

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