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- Thomas A. Edison as a Newsboy and Candy Butcher, circa 1861 - A ruddy Thomas Edison sat for this portrait around age fourteen, while he was working on the Grand Trunk Railway. Edison sold popular newspapers and magazines, cigars, and candy to passengers traveling between his hometown of Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan. Edison also printed and sold his own newspaper, displaying the creative, entrepreneurial spirit that would characterize his life.
- circa 1861
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas A. Edison as a Newsboy and Candy Butcher, circa 1861
A ruddy Thomas Edison sat for this portrait around age fourteen, while he was working on the Grand Trunk Railway. Edison sold popular newspapers and magazines, cigars, and candy to passengers traveling between his hometown of Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan. Edison also printed and sold his own newspaper, displaying the creative, entrepreneurial spirit that would characterize his life.
- Fundraising Letter from James W. Bishop to Edsel Ford, for the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund, November 22, 1937 -
- November 22, 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Fundraising Letter from James W. Bishop to Edsel Ford, for the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund, November 22, 1937
- Thomas A. Edison as a Newsboy and Candy Butcher, circa 1861 - A ruddy Thomas Edison sat for this portrait around age fourteen, while he was working on the Grand Trunk Railway. Edison sold popular newspapers and magazines, cigars, and candy to passengers traveling between his hometown of Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan. Edison also printed and sold his own newspaper, displaying the creative, entrepreneurial spirit that would characterize his life.
- circa 1861
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas A. Edison as a Newsboy and Candy Butcher, circa 1861
A ruddy Thomas Edison sat for this portrait around age fourteen, while he was working on the Grand Trunk Railway. Edison sold popular newspapers and magazines, cigars, and candy to passengers traveling between his hometown of Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan. Edison also printed and sold his own newspaper, displaying the creative, entrepreneurial spirit that would characterize his life.