Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Vintage Wall Art
(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
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Dated around March 19, 1921, when Edison was 74, this portrait shows the inventor late in a career that had already transformed electric lighting, sound recording and motion pictures. The caption card, which the record notes is unverified, files the image under typewriters, a reminder that Edison's West Orange laboratories also produced office equipment such as the Ediphone dictating machine. By the early 1920s he was better known as a national figure than as a hands-on tinkerer, and portraits from this period were often made for newspapers and public occasions.
| Created / published | c1921 March 19. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J246954 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Typewriters; PI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131397 |
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