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[Thomas Alva Edison, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] – Vintage Wall Art

[Thomas Alva Edison, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front], c1922. — historic photograph
[Thomas Alva Edison, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front], c1922.. Historic photograph from the Work & Industry 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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A window into the past: [Thomas Alva Edison, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Thomas Alva Edison sits three-quarters length and faces the camera directly in this c1922 portrait, a studio image from the Bachrach firm, whose name appears in the copyright note on the record. Edison was then in his mid-seventies and already one of the most famous inventors in the country, known for the phonograph, the practical incandescent lamp and the motion picture camera. Portraits like this one were produced in quantity for magazines, newspapers and public relations, so they tell us as much about how Edison wanted to be seen as about his appearance. The Library of Congress holds it in the Prints and Photographs Division.

Created / publishedc1922.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ259124 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Bachrach.
SubjectsEdison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),--1847-1931.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,273 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181871

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