Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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Thomas Alva Edison is the subject here, and the record's caption-card notes point to his early work in telegraphy, the field that first brought him wide attention before he turned to electric lighting and the phonograph. Portraits of Edison from the 1910s and 1920s were widely reproduced, since by then he was one of the most famous inventors in the country and a figure in national newspapers and magazines. The date given, c1920, is approximate, and the record itself flags its information as unverified, so the exact occasion is not known. Edison's Menlo Park laboratory in New Jersey, where he developed many of his inventions, is a useful reference point for understanding the career this portrait commemorates.
| Created / published | c1920 Sept. 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J243277 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Telegraph; PI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131421 |
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