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Thomas Edison and his original dynamo, Edison Works, Orange, N.J., U.S.A. – Historic Reproduction

Thomas Edison and his original dynamo, Edison Works, Orange, N.J., U.S.A., c1906. — historic photograph
Thomas Edison and his original dynamo, Edison Works, Orange, N.J., U.S.A., c1906.. Historic photograph from the Work & Industry collection.

(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 Edison and his original dynamo, Edison Works, Orange, N.J., U.S.A.

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The title names this picture's subject: Thomas Edison posed with what the caption calls his original dynamo, set in the engine room of the Edison Works in Orange, New Jersey. Dynamos converted mechanical power into electricity, and Edison's early generating machines were central to his push to supply homes and businesses with electric light and power in the 1880s. By around 1906, when this stereograph was made, Edison was a famous figure whose name was tied to the electrical age, and images like this one showed him beside the equipment that had launched his commercial work. Stereo cards like this were sold for viewing through a hand stereoscope, so the picture was meant to give the viewer a sense of depth in the machinery and the room.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesNo. 13001.
SubjectsEdison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),--1847-1931. Engines--1900-1910. Engine rooms--New Jersey--Orange--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,291 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164771

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