Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Historic Reproduction
(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. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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Thomas Alva Edison is shown here in a 1914 studio-style portrait, dated September 8, the kind of image his office circulated to promote the inventor and his companies. The record's caption card notes details such as offices, a cuspidor, and a dictating machine, which point to a working office setting rather than a purely posed studio backdrop. By 1914 Edison was already one of the most famous inventors in America, known for the phonograph, the incandescent lamp, and motion picture work, and his image was carefully managed for the public. Pictures like this one offer a glimpse of the businessman behind the inventions.
| Created / published | c1914 Sept. 8. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J195843 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Photo copyrighted by Thomas A. Edison. Caption card tracings: Offices; Cuspidor; Dictating machine; B.I. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,261 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141824 |
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