Patent Model of Thomas Edison's Phonograph, 1877

Artifact

Model (Patent)

Date Made

1877

Subject Date

18 May 1880

Creators

Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 

Place of Creation

United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park 

Keywords

Models (Patent) 

Phonographs 

Cylinder phonographs (Phonographs) 

Inventions 

Firsts 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

29.1980.1387.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.

Material

Wood (Plant material)
Brass (Alloy)
Steel (Alloy)

Inscriptions

on base: EDISON