Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Avino, Mark
- Subject
- Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), an American inventor, scientist, and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world's first industrial research laboratory. Edison is most famously known for his invention of the electric light bulb.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1920s
- Standard number
- 2002-3813
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Portraits
- Photographic print
- Paper
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 8.16w x 10h ; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- United States
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Inventors
- Science--History
- American science
- History of Science and Technology
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12651
