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Edison's phonograph, Experimental Dept., Orange, N.J.

Edison's phonograph, Experimental Dept., Orange, N.J.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by W. K. Dickson, 1892.

Armistice Day services at Arlington. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. General view of the services at Arlington National Cemetery today to mark the 21st anniversary of the signing of the armistice. In delivering the principal speech, acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison urged the nation to keep faith with her world war dead by keeping out of Europe's war

Armistice Day services at Arlington. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Genera...

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[Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Henry Ford, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, at Edison's home in Ft. Myers, Florida]

[Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Henry Ford, full-length portrait, ...

J191000 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hunt, Ft. Myers, Fla. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Head of gravity tunnel, Edison Power Plant, Edison, Calif

Head of gravity tunnel, Edison Power Plant, Edison, Calif

No. 32006. Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Alva Edison at 14 years of age, 1/2, seated, facing slightly right

Thomas Alva Edison at 14 years of age, 1/2, seated, facing slightly ri...

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New battleship design board. Washington, D.C., Oct. 8. A special advisory board on battleship plans, which was recently named by Secretary of the Navy Swanson, held their initial meeting at the Navy Department today. The board will be charged with obtaining for the Navy Department the advice of outstanding experts in the principal fields of Naval construction to use in completing the designs of the two new battleships North Carolina and Washington. In the photograph, left to right, (sitting): W.F. Gibbs, President of Gibbs and Cox, Inc.; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison; and Admiral Joseph Strauss, U.S.N. Standing, left to right: John F. Metton, President, N.Y. Shipbuilding Corp.; Joseph W. Powell, United Shipyards Inc.; and Professor William Hovgaard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 10/8/37

New battleship design board. Washington, D.C., Oct. 8. A special advis...

A group of men in suits sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Messersmith, Charles Edison, Harold R. Starks

George Messersmith, Charles Edison, Harold R. Starks

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[Portrait of Tony Pastor, Hotel Edison(?), New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

[Portrait of Tony Pastor, Hotel Edison(?), New York, N.Y., between 194...

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Edison Savings & Loan, Springfield Blvd. and 61st Ave. Interior, to officers' platform

Edison Savings & Loan, Springfield Blvd. and 61st Ave. Interior, to of...

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Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie County, OH

Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie...

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: Thomas Alva Edison, one of America's most illustrious inventors, was born in this house on February 11, 1847. Although he left Milan in 1854, before this struct... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Charles L. Edgar Station, Bridge Street at Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA

Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Charles L. Edgar Station, Bridge...

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Mr. Thomas A. Edison at radio-phone

Mr. Thomas A. Edison at radio-phone

Photograph shows Edison, full length, seated at radio-phone, right profile. J254783 U.S. Copyright Office

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Detroit Edison Hart Substation, 11736 East Vernor, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Detroit Edison Hart Substation, 11736 East Vernor, Detroit, Wayne Coun...

Significance: The Detroit Edison Hart Substation is typical of the kind of electrical substations built for the Detroit Edison Company in the early 20th century to step down (reduce) high voltage incoming elect... More

Thomas A. Edison Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at U.S. Route 9, South Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at U.S. Route 9, South...

Significance: The Thomas A. Edison Bridge is an important example of a very large and early continuous deck plate girder highway bridge. It was the largest, highest, and longest span bridge of its type in the ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

T.A. Edison - Public domain  print

T.A. Edison - Public domain print

Thomas Alva Edison, full-length portrait, standing in his laboratory, facing slightly left. J155548 or J155549 U.S. Copyright Office.

EDISON, THOMAS A. - Public domain portrait photograph

EDISON, THOMAS A. - Public domain portrait photograph

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[Fire at Thomas A. Edison, Inc., East Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1914, 9:00 P.M.]

[Fire at Thomas A. Edison, Inc., East Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 16...

Photo copyrighted by Wm. M. Lyons. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. New Jersey.

[Thomas Alva Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Thomas Alva Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

J195628 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

T. A. [Thomas Alva] Edison and J.L. Lieb

T. A. [Thomas Alva] Edison and J.L. Lieb

Photograph shows Thomas A. Edison receiving an honorary membership in the Illuminating Engineering Society by John W. Lieb, Vice President of the New York Edison Company on Feb. 10, 1916. (Source: Flickr Common... More

[Thomas Edison, half-length portrait, facing left and looking down into glass, experimenting in his laboratory]

[Thomas Edison, half-length portrait, facing left and looking down int...

J239947 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T.A.E. Inc. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. Firestone camp]

[Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and othe...

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Thomas Edison - Public domain portrait photograph

Thomas Edison - Public domain portrait photograph

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Navy not interested. Washington, D.C., April 26. The U.S. Navy is not interested in experimenting with autogiros but would be pleased if someone else were to develop them to a point suitable for naval use, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison told the House Military Affairs Committee today. He was testifying at the hearing on a bill by Rep. Frank Dorsey to authorize a $2,000,000 appropriation for experimentation by the War Department with the rotor type of aircraft, 4/26/38

Navy not interested. Washington, D.C., April 26. The U.S. Navy is not ...

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Navy gets original commission of John Paul Jones. Washington, D.C., March 12. The orginal commission of John Paul Jones, as captian in the United States Navy, dated October 10, 1776, and issued under authority of the Continental Congress with signature of John Hancock as its president was presented to the Secretary of Navy Charles Edison today. Capt. H.A. Baldridge, U.S.N. retired, curator of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, presented the valuable document to the secretary on behalf of the owner, John L. Senior of Glen Acres, Roxbury, Conn. who was not able to be present. The commission will be placed in the crypt of the Revolutionary War hero at the Naval Academy. Left to right: Admiral H.R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations; Capt. H.A. Baldridge; Capt. Dudley Knox, Chief of Naval Records and Library; and Secretary Edison, 3-12-40

Navy gets original commission of John Paul Jones. Washington, D.C., Ma...

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[Portrait of Tony Pastor, Hotel Edison(?), New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

[Portrait of Tony Pastor, Hotel Edison(?), New York, N.Y., between 194...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 266 (gottlieb assignment) 266 (assign... More

New York City views. Center Midtown framed from Consolidated Edison, Long Island City

New York City views. Center Midtown framed from Consolidated Edison, L...

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Giant banyan tree outside the winter home and laboratory of Thomas Edison, Fort Myers, Florida

Giant banyan tree outside the winter home and laboratory of Thomas Edi...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The tree was presented to Edison by his friend Harvey F... More

Edison Building, 601 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Edison Building, 601 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Significance: The building was designed by the prominent architectural firm of Allison and Allison. Opened on March 20, 1931, it was the first major all-electric heated and cooled building in the western Unite... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 3, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 3, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The front of building was built in 1887 as supply room for the laboratory in general, but especially for the chemistry lab; the rear of bui... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

A day with Thomas A. Edison /

A day with Thomas A. Edison /

A six-part documentary recording the 74-year-old Edison's collaborations with his staff, conversations with industrial leaders, and supervision of the factory's production line. The majority of the film (parts ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Edison Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Ediso...

Significance: The Sperry Corn Elevator Complex is a reminder of the great Sperry milling enterprises. Not constructed until 1920, the elevator played a distinct role in the Sperry operations and, more importan... More

Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Edison Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Ediso...

Significance: The Sperry Corn Elevator Complex is a reminder of the great Sperry milling enterprises. Not constructed until 1920, the elevator played a distinct role in the Sperry operations and, more importan... More

Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Edison Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Ediso...

Significance: The Sperry Corn Elevator Complex is a reminder of the great Sperry milling enterprises. Not constructed until 1920, the elevator played a distinct role in the Sperry operations and, more importan... More

Detroit Edison Hart Substation, 11736 East Vernor, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Detroit Edison Hart Substation, 11736 East Vernor, Detroit, Wayne Coun...

Significance: The Detroit Edison Hart Substation is typical of the kind of electrical substations built for the Detroit Edison Company in the early 20th century to step down (reduce) high voltage incoming elect... More

Detroit Edison Hart Substation, 11736 East Vernor, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Detroit Edison Hart Substation, 11736 East Vernor, Detroit, Wayne Coun...

Significance: The Detroit Edison Hart Substation is typical of the kind of electrical substations built for the Detroit Edison Company in the early 20th century to step down (reduce) high voltage incoming elect... More

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O Canal South of U.S. 11, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Ora...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Thomas A. Edison West Orange Laboratory site represents a significant era in the history of American manufacturing. Edison originally ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Ora...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Thomas A. Edison West Orange Laboratory site represents a significant era in the history of American manufacturing. Edison originally ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

Denies that helping Richard Whitney got him business. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Charles E. Mitchell, Chairman of the Board of Blyth and Co. Inc., and former Chairman of the National City Bank of New York, testified before the Federal Monopoly Committee today that he was influential in having George Whitney appointed to the Board of Trustees of the consolidated Edison Co., but denied that this helped him obtain a $33,750,000 piece of consolidated financing. 'Like a lot of other people of the street, I claim a lot of things that are the bunk,' he said. 'Put those claims aside and base my getting the business on my long relationship with consolidated

Denies that helping Richard Whitney got him business. Washington, D.C....

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John E. Sloane & wife, Sec'y Daniels & wife, Thomas Edison & wife

John E. Sloane & wife, Sec'y Daniels & wife, Thomas Edison & wife

Photograph shows airplane manufacturer John Eyre Sloane (1886-1970), and his wife (Madeline Edison); Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels (1862 -1948) and his wife (Addie Worth Bagley Daniels); and Thomas Al... More

T. A. [Thomas Alva] Edison and wife

T. A. [Thomas Alva] Edison and wife

Photograph shows Thomas A. Edison with his wife Mina Miller Edison, receiving an honorary membership in the Illuminating Engineering Society by John W. Lieb, Vice President of the New York Edison Company on Feb... More

DANIELS, JOSEPHUS. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, 1913-1921. WITH EDISON

DANIELS, JOSEPHUS. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, 1913-1921. WITH EDISON

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Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931

1/2 length, seated, with first typewriting machine, facing front. J246954 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Typewriters; PI; Shelf.

Edison, Firestone and Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Edison, Firestone and Harding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

J297234 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 47255. Public domain photograph of Cuba, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone sitting in a speed boat at the docks with unidentified individuals]

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone sitting in a speed boat at the doc...

J297233 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 47255. Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison

Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison

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A Navy so strong other nations won't risk war with U.S., Edison tells house committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 26. Rep. Carl Vinson, (left) Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, chats with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison just before he (Edison) appeared before the committee today to urge a strong Navy. Questioned on President Roosevelt's proposed billion dollar Naval Expansion Program, Edison told the committee that future peace in the U.S. is dependent on a Navy so strong that no nation will risk war with its country, 2/26/38

A Navy so strong other nations won't risk war with U.S., Edison tells ...

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A QUIET CHAT. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, ADMIRAL HARRY E. YARNELL WAS DECORATED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. AFTER THE CEREMONY THE TRIO SHOWN IN THE PICTURE WERE CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA IN AN 'OFF STAGE' MOMENT. L TO R: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; ADMIRAL HAROLD R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; AND CHARLES EDISON, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

A QUIET CHAT. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AD...

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Thomas Edison High School, Jamaica, New York. Library I

Thomas Edison High School, Jamaica, New York. Library I

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Gatehouse (Building No. 9), West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Gatehouse (Building No. 9), West Orange...

See also HAER NJ-70 (A-C) for additional documentation. Significance: A late 19th century gatehouse of a laboratory complex. Survey number: HABS NJ-808-A

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 138-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 138-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was the second of six major Federal switchyards built at Hoover Dam. The switchyard was built to replace the Southern Sierras Power Company substation that had provided electricity for construc... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 3, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 3, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The front of building was built in 1887 as supply room for the laboratory in general, but especially for the chemistry lab; the rear of bui... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Machine Shop & Library, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Machine Shop & Library, Main Street & L...

See also HAER NJ-70 (A-C) for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS NJ-808-B

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Machine Shop & Library, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Machine Shop & Library, Main Street & L...

See also HAER NJ-70 (A-C) for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS NJ-808-B

Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Edison Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Sperry Corn Elevator Complex, Weber Avenue (North side), West of Ediso...

Significance: The Sperry Corn Elevator Complex is a reminder of the great Sperry milling enterprises. Not constructed until 1920, the elevator played a distinct role in the Sperry operations and, more importan... More

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O Canal South of U.S. 11, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Ora...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Thomas A. Edison West Orange Laboratory site represents a significant era in the history of American manufacturing. Edison originally ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Ora...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Thomas A. Edison West Orange Laboratory site represents a significant era in the history of American manufacturing. Edison originally ... More

Thomas A. Edison Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at U.S. Route 9, South Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at U.S. Route 9, South...

Significance: The Thomas A. Edison Bridge is an important example of a very large and early continuous deck plate girder highway bridge. It was the largest, highest, and longest span bridge of its type in the ... More

Thomas A. Edison Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at U.S. Route 9, South Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at U.S. Route 9, South...

Significance: The Thomas A. Edison Bridge is an important example of a very large and early continuous deck plate girder highway bridge. It was the largest, highest, and longest span bridge of its type in the ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

Edison, Thomas, Glass negative portrait, 1870s

Edison, Thomas, Glass negative portrait, 1870s

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 portrait photograph, facing left

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 portrait photograph, facing left

Full length, seated in his laboratory, facing left. H47130 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Byron, N.Y.C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; PI; Shelf.

Madeleine Edison - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Madeleine Edison - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Madeleine Edison (1888-1979), daughter of Thomas Alva Edison who married John Eyre Sloane in 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

[Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Henry Ford posed standing, full-length, at Mr. Edison's home, Ft. Myers, Florida]

[Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Henry Ford posed standing, full-le...

J191001 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hunt. Public domain photograph - group portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931

Seated at desk, using his dictating machine; porcelain cuspidor at lower right. J195843 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Pho... More

Thomas A. Edison - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Thomas A. Edison - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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In spotlight at Congressional autogiro hearing. Washington, D.C., April 26. Highlight of today's news on Capitol Hill was the autogiro hearing before the House Military Affairs Committee, with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison as the first witness. Outstanding aviation experts were asked their opinion of the value of rotor type of aircraft in time of war. Here we see, left to right: Prof. Alexander Klemin, Dean of the Guggenhein School of Aeronautics, New York City; Rep. Andrew J. may, Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, 4/26/38

In spotlight at Congressional autogiro hearing. Washington, D.C., Apri...

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Thomas Edison High School, Jamaica, New York. Gym

Thomas Edison High School, Jamaica, New York. Gym

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The stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph /

The stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison busi...

It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up with all of the work. But then a man comes i... More

Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie County, OH

Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie...

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: Thomas Alva Edison, one of America's most illustrious inventors, was born in this house on February 11, 1847. Although he left Milan in 1854, before this struct... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Southern California Edison 230-KV Switchyard, U.S. Highway...

Significance: It was an integral element of the Hoover Dam electrical generation and transmission system. This switchyard provided much-needed electricity during WWII to power Douglas, Vultee, and Northrup airc... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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