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Thomas A. Edison with his dictating machine, and A.A. bratton. – Vintage Wall Art

Thomas A. Edison with his dictating machine, and A.A. bratton., c1921. — historic photograph
Thomas A. Edison with his dictating machine, and A.A. bratton., c1921.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Thomas A. Edison with his dictating machine, and A.A. bratton. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Thomas A. Edison with his dictating machine, and A.A. bratton.

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Thomas A. Edison is shown here at work with one of his dictating machines, a device meant to record spoken words onto a wax cylinder so that letters and memos could be transcribed later by a typist. The photograph is dated around 1921, when Edison was in his seventies and still promoting office and recording technology, including the Dictaphone-style machines that his company developed. The caption names A.A. Bratton as the second figure, though the record notes that these details come from an unverified caption card. The print was made by the Lueder studio and, like many Edison publicity images, was copyrighted by Edison himself.

Created / publishedc1921.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Lueder. Copyrighted by Thomas A. Edison. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Inventions; Dictophone; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,192 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151424

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