Edison's phonograph, Experimental Dept., Orange, N.J. – Vintage 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 Edison's phonograph, Experimental Dept., Orange, N.J., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Edison's phonograph, Experimental Dept., Orange, N.J.
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Thomas Edison's phonograph is the subject here, shown at his Experimental Department in Orange, New Jersey, on September 24, 1892. Edison had introduced his tinfoil talking machine in 1877, and by the early 1890s his laboratory was refining wax-cylinder models for dictation and home entertainment. W. K. Dickson, an engineer who worked on Edison's motion picture experiments, is credited with the copyright on the print. The date and attribution come from a catalog card that has not been fully verified.
| Created / published | 1892 Sept. 24. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by W. K. Dickson, 1892. |
| Subjects | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),--1847-1931--Homes & haunts--New Jersey. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 992 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112922 |
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