Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 – Antique Wall Art
![Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fa/fa61f9b9aca7-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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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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, shown here as a portrait subject, is one of the most recognizable inventors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His name is tied to the phonograph, the practical incandescent lamp, and the industrial research laboratory he built in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and later in West Orange. Portraits of Edison were widely circulated during his lifetime, so this picture likely reflects how the public came to see him as the model of the self-made inventor. The caption card gives no date, so its exact origin is unclear.
| 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: BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,139 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141825 |
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