American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

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Eiffel Tower, Paris: Thomas Alva Edison and another man chatting at the base of the tower. Photograph, 1889.

Thomas Alva Edison. Reproduction of woodcut by W. Nicolson [?].

Thomas Alva Edison. Photograph.

Thomas Alva Edison. Wood engraving by M. K. L. Wright after V. Daireaux.

Eiffel Tower, Paris: Thomas Alva Edison and Adolphe Salles standing by railings on a platform of the tower. Photograph, 1889.

Thomas Alva Edison. Photograph by White & Co.

Acoustics: an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Wood engraving.

Thomas Alva Edison. Etching by A. Lalauze, 1891.

Edison's electric light : biography of an invention / Robert Friedel & Paul Israel with Bernard S. Finn.

Thomas Edison, chemist / Byron M. Vanderbilt.

The papers of Thomas A. Edison / editors, Reese V. Jenkins [and others].

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Thomas Edison

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Images featuring Thomas Edison

Works from the collections

The papers of Thomas A. Edison / editors, Reese V. Jenkins [and others].

Thomas Edison

Images from the collections

Images featuring Thomas Edison

Works from the collections

The papers of Thomas A. Edison / editors, Reese V. Jenkins [and others].

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