Portrait of Thomas Edison, Inventor and Entrepreneur, Circa 1889

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Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Edison Edison inventor innovator phonograph light bulb motion picture camera electric light bulb portrait Edison portrait menlo park invention amex27-soc-edportrait
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History-Social Science
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Portrait of Thomas Edison, Inventor and Entrepreneur, Circa 1889

Thomas Edison was in his forties when this historic photograph was taken. Born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, Edison became a prolific inventor, successful businessman, and world figure. The holder of a record 1,093 successful U.S. patents, he applied for his first one (for an electrographic vote-recorder) in 1868 at the age of 21 and his last (for a holder for an article to be electroplated) the year he died. This resource is part of the Thomas Edison Collection.

Learn more about Edison's youth in this biography - Student Reading: Edison Biography.
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PBS Learning Media

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