Electrocuting an Elephant

Electrocuting an Elephant, Thomas A. Edison, 1903

Nadat Edison eerst had geoefend met zwerfhonden (vergeet Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, koop geen gloeilampen), werd hij gevraagd voor het grotere werk, in het Luna-park van Coney Island.

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De Amerikaanse dierenbescherming vond ophangen te wreed. Ophangen?

13 jaar later was 13 september The Day They Hung the Elephant.
De vooruitgang was nog niet doorgedrongen tot Erwin, Tennessee.

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