Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Antique 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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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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Thomas Alva Edison is the sitter here, photographed around 1914, and the record preserves a copyright registration tied to the image, which suggests Edison and his circle treated the portrait as an official likeness to be controlled and distributed. By the 1910s Edison was one of the most famous inventors in the United States, known for the phonograph, the practical incandescent lamp, and the motion picture work that had grown out of his New Jersey laboratories. Portraits like this one circulated widely in newspapers and magazines, shaping how the public pictured the self-taught inventor and his workshop methods. The record notes that its data comes from an old caption card and has not been verified, so the exact sitting date is best read with some caution.
| Created / published | c1914 Sept. 8. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J195822 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Thomas A. Edison. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,274 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131398 |
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