Edison, Thomas A. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Summary
Photo shows Thomas Edison posing with his tinfoil phonograph in Washington, D.C. on April 18, 1878. Taken by Mathew Brady (Source: Michael Patrick Higgins, July 2017)
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Edson Group, 31, 238, Thos. Edison, 427 [crossed out] 334 [crossed out].
Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954.
General information about the Brady-Handy photograph collection is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).
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Tags
portrait photographs
glass negatives
brady handy collection
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
washington dc
thomas
district of columbia
mathew brady
library of congress
Date
01/01/1865
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "Brady-Handy photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/389_bhan.html