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Arts and entertainment
Literature and poetry
"Excelsior" (Longfellow) , an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by Bret Harte , published as an advertisement for the Sapolio soap brand
Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee , a 2002 biography by Stan Lee and George Mair
Excelsior (Macedonski) , a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski
Excelsior: Forged in Fire , a 2007 Star Trek novel by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
Excelsior , a 1928 novella by Paul Morand
Excelsior , a 1988 novel by Randall Silvis
The Excelsior , a 1919 novel by H. B. Marriott Watson
"Excelsior" (short story) , a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse
"Excelsior" (Whitman) , a poem by Walt Whitman
Music
Science fiction
Journals and newspapers
Other arts and entertainment
Mottos and catchphrases
"Excelsior" (motto) , official motto of the state of New York
"Excelsior!", catchphrase of Stan Lee , who often used it at the end of his "Stan's Soapbox" column in Marvel Comics
"Excelsior", sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott
"Excelsior", motto of the Finnish Army's Special Jaegers
"Excelsior", mantra of Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. in the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook
"Excelsior!", motto of the fictional Weldon Institute in Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror
"Excelsior!", one of the catchphrases of Martin Prince, Jr. , a recurring character in The Simpsons
"Excelsior, you fathead!", a catchphrase of former radio personality Jean Shepherd .
Sports
Excelsior '31 , Rijssen, Netherlands
Excelsior AC , a Haitian association football club
Excelsior AC Roubaix , a French association football club
Excelsior Maassluis , a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands
Excelsior Mouscron , a former Belgian association football club
Excelsior Rotterdam , a Dutch association football club
Excelsior Stadium , the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division
AS Excelsior , an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island
Birmingham Excelsior F.C. , a defunct English association football club
F.C. Excelsior , Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional
SV Excelsior , a Surinamese association football club
SS Excelsior (football club) , a club from Réunion Island established in 1940
Other sports
Schools
Hotels and restaurants
Excelsior (restaurant) , a former restaurant located in Hotel de l'Europe, Amsterdam
Excelsior, a common hotel name
Places
Canada
South Africa
United States
Excelsior, California, former name of Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California
Excelsior, Georgia
Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Excelsior, Minnesota
Excelsior, Missouri
Excelsior, Atchison County, Missouri
Excelsior, Nevada
Excelsior, West Virginia (disambiguation)
Excelsior, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
The Excelsior District, San Francisco , a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
Excelsior Geyser in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Excelsior Mountain (Yosemite) , in Yosemite National Park
Excelsior Mountains , in western Nevada in the United States
Excelsior Springs , Missouri
Excelsior Township, Michigan
Transportation
Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN), founded in 1993
Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL), a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931
Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior , a Swiss car maker in business between 1896 and 1919
Compagnie Nationale Excelsior , a Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 and 1932
Excelsior Motor Company , a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker
Xcelsior (bus) , a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries
Excelsior tank , a British experimental heavy assault tank
St Croix Excelsior , ultralight aircraft
Excelsior , a prototype Spaceship Neptune high altitude balloon gondola by Space Perspective
Excelsior (smack) , the last surviving fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet
SS Excelsior (ship) , one of several steam-powered ships named Excelsior
Nature
Typefaces
Other uses
Excelsior (chess problem) , a chess problem by Sam Loyd
Excelsior Amusement Park , located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota
Excelsior Brigade , a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War
Excelsior Diamond , a famous diamond, once the largest known
Excelsior JET , a Java compiler
Project Excelsior , a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s
Wood wool , commonly known as excelsior, a packing material
See also
Topics referred to by the same term