[Fire at Thos. A. Edison, Inc., East Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1914, 9:00 P.M.] – Historic Print
![[Fire at Thos. A. Edison, Inc., East Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1914, 9:00 P.M.], c1914 Dec. 18. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/19/19000ff95e5d-L.webp)
(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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[Fire at Thos. A. Edison, Inc., East Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1914, 9:00 P.M.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Fire at Thos. A. Edison, Inc., East Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1914, 9:00 P.M.]
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The record places this view at the Thomas A. Edison, Inc. works in New Jersey during the night fire of Wednesday, December 16, 1914, which was taken from a vantage point that shows the blaze at its height. The fire swept through several buildings at the company's sprawling complex, destroying a large part of its storage and manufacturing space. Edison, then 67 and already famous for his inventions, faced heavy losses but moved quickly to rebuild. The photograph is a useful record of a disaster that tested one of America's best-known industrial laboratories.
| Created / published | c1914 Dec. 18. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by Wm. M. Lyons. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. New Jersey. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,213 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122764 |
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