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60 relations: A Trip to the Moon (attraction), Adam Forepaugh, Alternating current, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Amusement park, Asian elephant, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Bob's Burgers, Brooklyn, Buffalo, New York, Busbar, Carl Hagenbeck, Carrot, Chunee, Cigar, Coney Island, Coney Island (1991 film), Coney Island Mermaid Parade, Coney Island USA, Edison Illuminating Company, Edison Studios, Edwin S. Porter, Electrical substation, Electrocuting an Elephant, Float (parade), Gallows, General Electric, Grove Atlantic, John Wiley & Sons, Kinetoscope, Kingston, New York, List of individual elephants, Luna Park, Coney Island (1903), Mary (elephant), Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, Mutoscope, New York (state), Noose, P. T. Barnum, Paper print, Paul Boyton, Potassium cyanide, Ric Burns, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sea Lion Park, Shoot the Chute, Shooting an Elephant, Southeast Asia, Steeplechase Park, The Wall Street Journal, ..., Thomas Edison, Topsy (Bob's Burgers), Tyke (elephant), Uncle Tom's Cabin, United States, Volt, W. S. Merwin, War of the currents, Winch, Wired (magazine). Expand index (10 more) »
A Trip to the Moon (attraction)
A Trip to the Moon was a pioneering early dark ride, best known as the flagship and namesake of Coney Island's Luna Park.
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Adam Forepaugh
Adam John Forepaugh (February 28, 1831 - January 22, 1890) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and circus owner.
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Alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction.
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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to animals.
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Amusement park
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.
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Asian elephant
The Asian elephant, or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia, from India and Nepal in the west to Borneo in the south.
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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.
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Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.
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Busbar
In electric power distribution, a busbar (also bus bar, and sometimes misspelled as buss bar or bussbar) is a metallic strip or bar, typically housed inside switchgear, panel boards, and busway enclosures for local high current power distribution.
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Carl Hagenbeck
Carl Hagenbeck (June 10, 1844 – April 14, 1913) was a German merchant of wild animals who supplied many European zoos, as well as P. T. Barnum.
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Carrot
The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist.
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Chunee
Chunee (or Chuny) was an Indian elephant who was brought to Regency London in 1809 or 1810.
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Cigar
A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked.
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Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
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Coney Island (1991 film)
Coney Island is a 1991 documentary film that traces the history of Coney Island, the westernmost part of the barrier islands of Long Island, New York.
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Coney Island Mermaid Parade
The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is a parade that celebrates the beginning of the summer season (late June) in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
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Coney Island USA
Coney Island USA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization founded in 1980 that is dedicated to the cultural and economic revitalization of the Coney Island neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
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Edison Illuminating Company
The Edison Illuminating Company was established by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City.
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Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an American film production organization, owned by companies controlled by inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison.
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Edwin S. Porter
Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company.
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Electrical substation
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system.
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Electrocuting an Elephant
Electrocuting an Elephant (also known as Electrocution of an Elephant) is a 1903 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film of the killing of the elephant Topsy by electrocution at a Coney Island amusement park.
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Float (parade)
A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle like a truck or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as those of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the Carnival of Viareggio, the Maltese Carnival, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Key West Fantasy Fest parade, the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis, the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade.
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Gallows
A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Grove Atlantic
Grove Atlantic, Inc. is an American independent publisher, based in New York City, New York, that was formed in 1993 by the merger of Grove Press and Atlantic Monthly Press.
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John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing.
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Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device.
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Kingston, New York
Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, United States.
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List of individual elephants
This is a list of historical elephants by name.
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Luna Park, Coney Island (1903)
Luna Park was an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York that opened in 1903.
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Mary (elephant)
Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916) was a five-ton Asian elephant, also known as "Murderous Mary", who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus.
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Mr.
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Mutoscope
The Mutoscope was an early motion picture device, invented by W.K.L. Dickson and Herman Casler and later patented by Herman Casler on November 21, 1894.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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Noose
A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without.
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P. T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, politician and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017).
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Paper print
Paper prints were an early mechanism to establish the copyright of motion pictures by depositing them with the Library of Congress.
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Paul Boyton
Paul Boyton (often misspelled Boynton) (born June 29, 1848 in Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland — died Brooklyn, New York April 19, 1924), known as the Fearless Frogman, was a showman and adventurer some credit as having spurred worldwide interest in water sports as a hobby, particularly open-water swimming.
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Potassium cyanide
Potassium cyanide is a compound with the formula KCN.
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Ric Burns
Ric Burns (born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and writer.
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ringling Bros.
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Sea Lion Park
Sea Lion Park was a amusement park started in 1895 on Coney Island by Paul Boyton.
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Shoot the Chute
Shoot the Chute is an amusement ride consisting of a flat-bottomed boat that slides down a ramp or inside a flume into a lagoon.
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Shooting an Elephant
"Shooting an Elephant" is an essay by George Orwell, first published in the literary magazine New Writing in late 1936 and broadcast by the BBC Home Service on 12 October 1948.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
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Steeplechase Park
Steeplechase Park was an amusement park in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York created by George C. Tilyou (1862–1914) which operated from 1897 to 1964.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor.
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Topsy (Bob's Burgers)
"Topsy" is the 16th episode of the third season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 38th episode, and is written by Loren Bouchard and Nora Smith and directed by Tyree Dillihay.
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Tyke (elephant)
Tyke (1974 – August 20, 1994) was an African bush elephant from Mozambique who performed with Circus International of Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.
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W. S. Merwin
William Stanley Merwin (born September 30, 1927) is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose.
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War of the currents
The war of the currents (sometimes called battle of the currents) was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
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Winch
A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the "tension" of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable").
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Wired (magazine)
Wired is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)
