Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Vintage Print
![Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d8/d8ba216f8f5c-L.webp)
(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 historic photograph of Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931
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Thomas Alva Edison is the subject here, and the record gives us little beyond his name and life span, 1847 to 1931, so the picture's particulars have to be read from the portrait itself. Edison was among the most photographed Americans of his era, and his image was a deliberate part of his public identity as the inventor of the phonograph and the practical incandescent lamp. Portraits like this one circulated widely in newspapers, magazines and trade publications, helping cast him as a self-made tinkerer whose workshop at Menlo Park and later West Orange shaped modern industrial research.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,098 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131399 |
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