Thomas Edison Perfecting His Wax Cylinder Phonograph, 1888
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Artifact Overview
Throughout his life, Thomas Edison continued to develop the phonograph he had invented in 1877. On June 11, 1888, Edison launched a round-the-clock session with his assistants to perfect the phonograph. When he emerged from his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory days later, the exhausted, slumping inventor posed for this photograph with his improved machine.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Date Made
circa 1920
Subject Date
10 June 1888
Creator Notes
Postcard made circa 1920 from the 1888 photograph by W.K.-L. Dickson..
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1630.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Postcard markings on back.
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