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[Thomas A. Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Thomas A. Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Thomas A. Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Rather than a fresh sitting, this 8 x 10 inch glass negative copies an existing portrait of Thomas A. Edison. The name of the original photographer has been obliterated, though a copyright symbol remains. Edison, known for the phonograph, the practical incandescent lamp and his work on motion pictures, was among the most photographed Americans of his day, and likenesses like this one were widely reproduced in newspapers and magazines. The plate came to the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado, as part of the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePortrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.Reproductions.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger; Caption on negative: Copyportrait, Thomas A. Edison. Photograph of a photo with copyright symbol but name obliterated. K 3490" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsEdison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),--1847-1931.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan781 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75291

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