Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Historic Reproduction
![Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d5d1e2c8684-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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Step back in time with Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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Thomas Alva Edison is the subject here, and the record gives us little beyond his name and life span, 1847 to 1931, so the picture's exact setting and date remain unknown. What the caption does establish is his place in the gallery's inventions group: Edison held more than 1,000 U.S. patents, among them the practical incandescent lamp of 1879 and an early phonograph. He ran laboratories in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and later West Orange, where his teams worked on electric power, motion pictures and sound recording. Portraits of him from his working years are a useful way to see how an industrial inventor presented himself to the public.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,159 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131422 |
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