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In popular culture, Thompson and Dundy's execution of Topsy has switched attribution, with narratives claiming the film depicts an anti-alternating current demonstration organized by Thomas A. Edison during the war of the currents waged against his competitor, George Westinghouse. This is a popular misconception.
The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It grew out of two lighting systems developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s: arc lamp street lighting running on high-voltage alternating current (AC), and large-scale low-voltage direct current (DC) indoor incandescent lighting ...
Topsy (c. 1875 – January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant who was electrocuted at Coney Island, New York, in January 1903.Born in Southeast Asia around 1875, Topsy was secretly brought into the United States soon thereafter and added to the herd of performing elephants at the Forepaugh Circus, who fraudulently advertised her as the first elephant born in the United States.
Growing up in the '90s, one thing we always had was our collection of VHS tapes. Whether it was your treasured " Rugrats in Paris ," tape that you clutched to your heart, or perhaps the box set of ...
"Edison's Medicine" is a song by the band Tesla from the album Psychotic Supper, which features the war of the currents between Edison's DC and Tesla's AC. "The Wizard of Menlo Park" is a song by Chumbawamba on their album Un. The song "Edison" by the Bee Gees from their 1969 album Odessa is a reference about Thomas Edison.
On sites like eBay and LoveAntiques, collectible VHS tapes are valued at upwards of nearly $10,000 - depending on the rarity and condition of the tape, of course.
This is a list of animated short films produced by Terrytoons from 1929 to 1971. First produced by Paul Terry from 1929 to 1956, and then by CBS from 1953 to 1971, this list does also included cartoons originally produced for TV that were later screened in theaters 1959–1971.
Anytime I've had friends and family come, it's amazing to watch. The sets are running over here and we're running here and there's heels and this thing's getting taken apart and put together.