[Thomas A. Edison] – Historic Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Thomas A. Edison]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Thomas A. Edison]
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Thomas A. Edison appears here in a portrait made around 1906, a time when he was already one of the most recognizable figures in American life. By then he had built his reputation on the phonograph, the practical incandescent lamp, and the large research laboratory he ran at Menlo Park and later West Orange, New Jersey, where teams of engineers worked on problems he set for them. The print is a single photographic record from the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division, and it captures the image of the inventor that the public and the press had come to expect: serious, self-assured, and identified with the idea of American ingenuity.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1906. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,170 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117826 |
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