When Thomas Alva Edison was painstakingly testing carbonized filaments for his early light bulbs in 1879, he was chasing a ...

The discoverer of the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the quadruplex telegraph, among other things, is one of ...

The Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum has announced a new partnership with the Jeffris Family Foundation, an organization ...

Thomas Alva Edison last week again knuckled to the U. S. insistency that a celebrity be a pundit on all manner of things. His medium was Review of Reviews (monthly). Thus from his seat at West Orange, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison ...

The education of an innovator -- The invention factory -- The tinfoil phonograph -- A big bonanza : Edison's electric lighting system -- From Menlo Park to West Orange -- A phonograph in every home -- ...