Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Historic Print
(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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A window into the past: Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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Thomas Alva Edison is the subject here, shown in a portrait dating to about 1928, a few years before his death in 1931. By then he was one of the most famous men in America, known for the phonograph, the practical incandescent lamp, and the research laboratory he built in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and later West Orange. The record for this print is based on an unverified caption card, so the sitter's identity is secure but the exact occasion and photographer are not documented. Portraits of Edison from his later years often presented him as an elder statesman of invention rather than as the young experimenter of his early career.
| Created / published | c1928. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,243 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151573 |
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