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Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Josephus Daniels & wife, Thos. Edison & wife, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Josephus Daniels & wife, Thos. Edison & wife, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service. Josephus Daniels & wife, Thos
Josephus Daniels & wife, Thos. Edison & wife, 1914. Shows Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels (1862 -1948) and his wife (Addie Worth Bagley Daniels) and Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Erie County Savings Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. ca 1900. Creator: William H. Jackson

Erie County Savings Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. ca 1900. Creator: William H. Jackson
Erie County Savings Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. ca 1900

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: La Preparation Militaire; Edison (a gauche) portant un fanion aux couleurs nationales: a... 1916

La Preparation Militaire; Edison (a gauche) portant un fanion aux couleurs nationales: a... 1916. Creator: Unknown
La Preparation Militaire; Edison (a gauche) portant un fanion aux couleurs nationales: a droite, M. W. L. Saunders, l'un des vice-presidents du Naval Consulting Board, 1916

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Thomas A. Edison, 1916. US inventor

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Thomas A. Edison, 1911. [US inventor and businessman]

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Thomas A. Edison, 1911. [US inventor and businessman]

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914), English physicist and chemist, 1911-1912. Artist: D Cameron-Swan

Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914), English physicist and chemist, 1911-1912. Artist: D Cameron-Swan
Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914), English physicist and chemist, 1911-1912. Swan invented the incandescent electric lamp in Britain at about the same time as Thomas Edison patented it in the USA

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas A. Edison, 1878. Creator: Unknown

Thomas A. Edison, 1878. Creator: Unknown
Thomas A. Edison, 1878. Edison, Thomas A. between 1865 and 1880. [Inventor and businessman Thomas Edison on the right, with his phonograph, 1878]

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edison, 1878. Creator: Unknown

Thomas Edison, 1878. Creator: Unknown
Edison, Thomas, between 1870 and 1880. [Inventor and businessman Thomas Edison with his phonograph]

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Mr. Edisons new Phonograph-Mr. Edison in his Laboratory receiving the first Phonograph from Englan

Mr. Edisons new Phonograph-Mr. Edison in his Laboratory receiving the first Phonograph from Englan Creator: Unknown
Mr.Edisons new Phonograph-Mr. Edison in his Laboratory receiving the first Phonograph from England, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, 1890. Creator: Abraham Archibald Anderson

Thomas Alva Edison, 1890. Creator: Abraham Archibald Anderson
Thomas Alva Edison, 1890

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Thomas Alva Edison, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: The Electric Light, 1880. 1880. Creators: Nathaniel Currier, James Merritt Ives

The Electric Light, 1880. 1880. Creators: Nathaniel Currier, James Merritt Ives
The Electric Light, 1880. Thomas Edison stands in New Jersey and leans across the Hudson River joining hands with Charles F. Brush, who stands with one foot in Brooklyn the other in Manhattan

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas A. Edison, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25

Thomas A. Edison, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, c1910s. Creator: Unknown

Thomas Alva Edison, c1910s. Creator: Unknown
Thomas Alva Edison, c1910s. Portrait of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Edison was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: The Shelves of Edisons Laboratory with Samples of Every Known Substance, 1902

The Shelves of Edisons Laboratory with Samples of Every Known Substance, 1902
" The Shelves of Edisons Laboratory are Said to contain Samples of Every Known Substance". 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edison, the Wizard of the West, c1880s, (1914). Creator: E Bieber

Thomas Edison, the Wizard of the West, c1880s, (1914). Creator: E Bieber
Thomas Edison, the Wizard of the West, c1880s, (1914). Portrait of American physicist and inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) who set up the first industrial research laboratory

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison sitting beside his invention, the phonograph, 1878

Thomas Alva Edison sitting beside his invention, the phonograph, 1878. Dubbed The Wizard of Menlo Park by a newspaper reporter

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edison, 1914

Thomas Edison, 1914
Thomas Edison. c1920.Thomas Edison (1847-1931), was dubbed The Wizard of Menlo Park by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alba Edison 1847-1931, 1934

Thomas Alba Edison 1847-1931, 1934. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman, who has been described as Americas greatest inventor

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Edison and Steinmetz Join Forces to Achieve Success, 1922, (c1925)

Edison and Steinmetz Join Forces to Achieve Success, 1922, (c1925). Thomas Alva Edison, (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light, 1880s

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light, 1880s. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1893

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1893. From The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men and Famous Deeds published by Frederick Warne and Co. [London and New York, 1893]

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: The Ediswan Pointolite, c1916

The Ediswan Pointolite, c1916. The Edison and Swan Electric Light Company Limited was an English manufacturer of incandescent lamp bulbs and other electrical goods

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edison, American inventor, c1878 (1956)

Thomas Edison, American inventor, c1878 (1956). Edison (1847-1931) aged thirty-one, with an early model of his phonograph

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Edisons incandescent lamps light up a New York art gallery, 1882 (1956)

Edisons incandescent lamps light up a New York art gallery, 1882 (1956). Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor, produced the first successful electric light bulb

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: American inventor Thomas Alva Edison on board an electric railroad, 1892

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison on board an electric railroad, 1892. Edison constructed a three-mile-long trial electric railroad at his Menlo Park laboratory in New Jersey

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Reproducing Speech, 1878. Artist: C A Keetels

Reproducing Speech, 1878. Artist: C A Keetels
Reproducing Speech, 1878. Demonstration of the Edison phonograph in New York. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers, (New York)

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison at Menlo Park, late 1880s

Thomas Alva Edison at Menlo Park, late 1880s. Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor in his laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Incandescent light bulb, 1929

Incandescent light bulb, 1929. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor, produced the first successful electric light bulb

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, 1888

Thomas Alva Edison, 1888
Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1888. Edison (1847-1931) listening to a recording on his phonograph. This is an electric model powered by a bichromate cell (left)

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, American physicist and inventor, 1929

Thomas Alva Edison, American physicist and inventor, 1929. Obverse of a medal celebrating the 50th anniversary of Edisons (1847-1931) invention of the incandescent lamp in 1879

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Making Edison light bulbs, 1880

Making Edison light bulbs, 1880. Vacuum apparatus used to exhaust Edison incandescent light bulbs at G (centre top). From Scientific American. (New York, 1880)

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edisons first Phonograph, 1878 (1915)

Thomas Alva Edisons first Phonograph, 1878 (1915). In this model the cylinder on which the sound was recorded had to be rotated by hand. The instrument is shown in recording mode

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Advertisement for Ediswan incandescent light bulbs, 1898

Advertisement for Ediswan incandescent light bulbs, 1898. The Ediswan brand was the result of a merging of the interests of the two pioneers of electric light bulbs

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1924

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1924. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents, many of which were related to the development of electricity

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edison, American inventor, in his laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1870s (1920s)

Thomas Edison, American inventor, in his laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1870s (1920s)
Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, in his laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, working on the perfection of the incandescent light bulb, 1870s (1920s)

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, c1906

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, c1906
Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, listening to a recording on an electric model of his phonograph powered by a wet battery, c1906

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, c1879

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, c1879. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents, many of which were related to the development of electricity

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edisons kinetographic theatre, c1892

Thomas Alva Edisons kinetographic theatre, c1892. This combined the recording of sound and vision. From a cigarette card published 1915

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Alva Edisons first Phonograph, 1878

Thomas Alva Edisons first Phonograph, 1878. In this model the cylinder on which the sound was recorded had to be rotated by hand. Instrument in recording mode

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Making recording on first model of Thomas Edisons Phonograph, c1878

Making recording on first model of Thomas Edisons Phonograph, c1878

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edisons Kinetographic Theatre, c1891

Thomas Edisons Kinetographic Theatre, c1891. In this he combined the recording of sound and vision

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Making a recording with, and listening to, first Edison Phonograph, 1878

Making a recording with, and listening to, first Edison Phonograph, 1878
First model of Edison Phonograph. Top: Making recording. Bottom: Listening to recording. Paris, April 1878

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Advertisement for Edison phonograph cylinder recordings, 1900

Advertisement for Edison phonograph cylinder recordings, 1900. From Scientific American. (New York, 1900). Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edisons improved form of JW Trowbridges electric dynamometer, 1879

Thomas Edisons improved form of JW Trowbridges electric dynamometer, 1879. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879

Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879. Behind the doors is the 80 hp engine

Background imageThomas Edison Collection: Edisons incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891

Edisons incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. The filament here is carbonised bamboo fibres. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor



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