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Thomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection

Historic prints featuring prolific inventor, Thomas Edison best known for developing the light bulb

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Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor of the carbon telephone transmitter (1877), phonograph (1878), and incandescent lamp with carbon filament (1879)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons light bulb (1879), wood engraving, published in 1881

Edisons light bulb (1879), wood engraving, published in 1881
The Filament lamp by Thomas Alva Edison (American inventor, 1847 - 1931) - one of the first electric light bulbs with longer burning time from the year 1879. Wood engraving, published in 1881

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons Kinetophone

Edisons Kinetophone
1912: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) was a prolific inventor and physicist who was born in Milan, Ohio. He invented the kinetoscope in 1891 and in 1912 produced the first talking motion pictures

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons Lab

Edisons Lab
circa 1935: A view of the upstairs of Thomas Edisons Menlo Park lab after its relocation to the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village, with gas and electric light bulbs in the foreground, Dearborn

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Phone from Thomas Edison receiver and transmitter

Phone from Thomas Edison receiver and transmitter
Illustration of a Phone from Thomas Edison receiver and transmitter

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Thomas Edisons dynamometer

Thomas Edisons dynamometer
Vintage engraving of Edisons dynamometer for meauring the force of an electric current, 19th Century

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Laboratory of Thomas Edison

Laboratory of Thomas Edison
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: The new phonographe, phone from Thomas Edison

The new phonographe, phone from Thomas Edison
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison

Phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Illustrated Model Of Edisons Original Phonograph

Illustrated Model Of Edisons Original Phonograph
Illustrated model Of Thomas Edisons original phonograph, circa 1877. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edison Inventions

Edison Inventions
circa 1876: Replicas of Thomas Edison inventions the magnetic transmitter (right) and receiver, exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Retro revival, old gramophone

Retro revival, old gramophone
The phonograph or gramophone, invented 1877 by Thomas Edison

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons Phonograph from 1879, wood engravings, published in 1880

Edisons Phonograph from 1879, wood engravings, published in 1880
The Phonograph (Tin Foil Phonograph) by Thomas Alva Edison (American inventor, 1847 - 1931) in 1879 (improved design of the prototype from 1877)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Dynamo machine, Edison 1881

Dynamo machine, Edison 1881
Antique illustration of a dynamo machine, Edison 1881

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Dynamo machine, Edison-Hopkinson, 1883

Dynamo machine, Edison-Hopkinson, 1883
Antique illustration of a dynamo machine, Edison-Hopkinson, 1883

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons Phonograph

Edisons Phonograph
Illustration of a Edisons Phonograph

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Electric Car
American inventor and physicist Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931) with his first electric car, the Edison Baker. He is holding one of the batteries used to power the vehicle

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Baby Bather

Baby Bather
circa 1900: One of a series of cartoons under a heading Here are some inventions, which (Thomas) Edison will without doubt soon perfect, captioned:: His baby will be washed by clock-work

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Worlds First Hi Fi

Worlds First Hi Fi
circa 1877: Thomas Edisons first phonograph machine, with crank handle and horn. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Mad Inventor

Mad Inventor
circa 1900: One of a series of cartoons under a heading Here are some inventions, which (Thomas) Edison will without doubt soon perfect, captioned: When he entertains a friend

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Robotic Breakfast

Robotic Breakfast
circa 1900: One of a series of cartoons under a heading Here are some inventions, which (Thomas) Edison will without doubt soon perfect

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: First Phonograph

First Phonograph
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) with the his invention, the phonograph. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edison And Bulb

Edison And Bulb
Inventor and physicist Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) looking at a lightbulb. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Thomas Edison
circa 1925: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons Black Maria

Edisons Black Maria
circa 1912: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) was a prolific inventor and physicist. He invented the kinetoscope in 1891 and in 1912 produced the first talking motion pictures

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: T A Edison

T A Edison
circa 1871: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) American scientist, inventor and industrialist, after spending 5 continuous days and nights perfecting the phonograph

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Groovy Tunes

Groovy Tunes
circa 1878: Thomas Edisons phonograph, with rotating crank, and enlargement of wax cylinder groove. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons Phonograph

Edisons Phonograph
circa 1880: An illustration of Thomas Edisons Perfected Phonograph. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThomas Edison (1847-1931) Collection: Edisons Telephone

Edisons Telephone
circa 1911: Thomas Edisons Motograph receiving and transmitting telephone. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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