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- Thomas Edison Perfecting His Wax Cylinder Phonograph, 1888 - 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.
- June 10, 1888
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Thomas Edison Perfecting His Wax Cylinder Phonograph, 1888
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.
- First Snowfall in Greenfield Village, December 1934 -
- December 06, 1934
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First Snowfall in Greenfield Village, December 1934
- Coffee Mills, Photographed in 1933 -
- January 31, 1933
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Coffee Mills, Photographed in 1933
- 1788 Watt Rotative Steam Engine Being Installed inside Henry Ford Museum, April 1932 -
- April 15, 1932
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1788 Watt Rotative Steam Engine Being Installed inside Henry Ford Museum, April 1932
- Coffee Grinders, Photographed in 1933 -
- January 31, 1933
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Coffee Grinders, Photographed in 1933
- Edison Institute Schools Football Team on the Playing Field in Greenfield Village, November 1934 -
- November 16, 1934
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Edison Institute Schools Football Team on the Playing Field in Greenfield Village, November 1934
- Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1938 - This Owl Night Lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the Owl in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- March 11, 1938
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Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1938
This Owl Night Lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the Owl in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- Cider Mill and Press, Farwell Farm, Cape Neddick, York, Maine, 1890 -
- April 16, 1929
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Cider Mill and Press, Farwell Farm, Cape Neddick, York, Maine, 1890
- Hay Wagon Drawn by Oxen, York, Maine, 1890 -
- April 16, 1929
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Hay Wagon Drawn by Oxen, York, Maine, 1890
- Shoemaker Working in Greenfield Village, March 1941 -
- March 07, 1941
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Shoemaker Working in Greenfield Village, March 1941