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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.
- Edison Institute Cornerstone in Henry Ford Museum Plaza, March 2010 -
- March 11, 2010
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Edison Institute Cornerstone in Henry Ford Museum Plaza, March 2010
- Telegram from Thomas Edison to Henry Ford with Birthday Greeting, July 30, 1929 -
- July 30, 1929
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Telegram from Thomas Edison to Henry Ford with Birthday Greeting, July 30, 1929
- Thomas Edison in His West Orange, New Jersey Laboratory, circa 1915 -
- circa 1915
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Thomas Edison in His West Orange, New Jersey Laboratory, circa 1915
- Bust of Thomas Edison, 1889 -
- 1889
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Bust of Thomas Edison, 1889
- "The Tasimeter," November 1878 -
- November 01, 1878
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"The Tasimeter," November 1878
- Thomas Edison in Laboratory, circa 1926 - Inventor Thomas Alva Edison works in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
- circa 1926
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Thomas Edison in Laboratory, circa 1926
Inventor Thomas Alva Edison works in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
- Patent Model of Edison's Automatic Telegraph Transmitter and Receiver Improvement, 1875 -
- 1875
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Patent Model of Edison's Automatic Telegraph Transmitter and Receiver Improvement, 1875
- Patent Model of Edison's Sextuplex Telegraph, 1879 -
- 1879
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Patent Model of Edison's Sextuplex Telegraph, 1879
- Patent Model of Edison's Acoustic Telegraph Improvement, 1876 -
- 1876
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Patent Model of Edison's Acoustic Telegraph Improvement, 1876