Thomas Alva Edison – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Thomas Alva Edison brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Thomas Alva Edison
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Here Edison appears as the best-known American inventor of his day, shown in a portrait that dates to about 1897, a period when his name was attached to the phonograph, the electric light, and early motion pictures. The print is a photoprint by George E. Tewksbury, though the record notes that its date and attribution come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified. Portraits like this one were widely reproduced in the 1890s, when newspapers and magazines looked to images of prominent inventors to show the public the faces behind new technology.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Geo. E. Tewksbury. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,075 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108373 |
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