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Edison Talking Doll (without dress, full height, side view), source of...

"Twinkle, twinkle little star" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, brown wax ; Rolfs collection.

Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison national historical park

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Replica of Scott's 1857 flatbed phonautograph (photo 9 of 9)

Phonautograph: Invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in Paris, France in 1857. This object is a full-scale replica based on historic drawings, built in 2016 by Anton Stoelwinder for the David Giovanno... More

Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph (photo 4 of 7)

Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph: Invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, the original built by him and Rudolph Koenig in Paris, France in 1859. This object is a replica based on historic... More

Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph (photo 2 of 7)

Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph: Invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, the original built by him and Rudolph Koenig in Paris, France in 1859. This object is a replica based on historic... More

Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph (photo 1 of 7)

Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph: Invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, the original built by him and Rudolph Koenig in Paris, France in 1859. This object is a replica based on historic... More

Edison, Thomas A. photo by L.C. Handy 1877

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Edison, Thomas A.. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War time.

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Patent Drawing of Engine - Drawing for a Phonograph Public domain ima...

This is the printed patent drawing for a phonograph invented by Thomas A. Edison. Patents Issued to Thomas A. Edison

Edison, Thomas, Glass negative portrait, 1870s

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Thomas Edison, Glass negative portrait, 1870s

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Thomas Edison, Glass negative portrait, 1870s

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Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph with mouthpiece, ...

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This machine is a replica, built by William Miller in 2011.... More

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph with mouthpiece, ...

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This machine is a replica, built by William Miller in 2011.... More

Edison's 1877 Embossing Translating Telegraph (photo 4 of 7)

Edison's Embossing Translating Telegraph, designed in 1876 and built early in 1877 at Menlo Park, New Jersey. This original artifact is preserved and on display at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph (photo 2 of 2)

Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This historic artifact is preserved and on display at Thomas Edison Na... More

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph with mouthpiece, ...

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This machine is a replica, built by William Miller in 2011.... More

Edison's 1877 Embossing Translating Telegraph (photo 1 of 7)

Edison's Embossing Translating Telegraph, designed in 1876 and built early in 1877 at Menlo Park, New Jersey. This original artifact is preserved and on display at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

Edison's "Phonograph" notes and drawings, December 3, 1877.

Edison's "Phonograph" notes and drawings, December 3, 1877.

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph with mouthpiece, ...

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This machine is a replica, built by William Miller in 2011.... More

Edison's "Speaking Telephone" notes and drawings, July 17, 1877.

Edison's "Speaking Telephone" notes and drawings, July 17, 1877.

Edison's "Speaking Telegraph" notes and drawings, July 18, 1877.

Edison's "Speaking Telegraph" notes and drawings, July 18, 1877.

Edison's 1877 Embossing Translating Telegraph (photo 2 of 7)

Edison's Embossing Translating Telegraph, designed in 1876 and built early in 1877 at Menlo Park, New Jersey. This original artifact is preserved and on display at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph with mouthpiece, ...

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This machine is a replica, built by William Miller in 2011.... More

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph with mouthpiece, ...

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This machine is a replica, built by William Miller in 2011.... More

Edison's 1877 Embossing Translating Telegraph (photo 3 of 7)

Edison's Embossing Translating Telegraph, designed in 1876 and built early in 1877 at Menlo Park, New Jersey. This original artifact is preserved and on display at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph with mouthpiece, ...

Replica of Edison's 1877 Cylinder Tinfoil Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison and built by John Kruesi in Menlo Park, New Jersey in December 1877. This machine is a replica, built by William Miller in 2011.... More

Replica of Edison's 1878 Plate (Disc) Phonograph (photo 2 of 4)

Replica of Edison's 1878 Plate (Disc) Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey in early 1878. Built for Ray Phillips in 2000, it is now in the David Giovannoni collection. An original ... More

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931 - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Replica of Edison's 1878 Plate (Disc) Phonograph (photo 4 of 4)

Edison's 1878 Plate (Disc) Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey in early 1878. This object is a replica based on historic drawings, built for Ray Phillips in 2000, it is now in the ... More

Replica of Edison's 1878 Plate (Disc) Phonograph (photo 1 of 4)

Replica of Edison's 1878 Plate (Disc) Phonograph: Invented by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey in early 1878. Built for Ray Phillips in 2000, it is now in the David Giovannoni collection. An original ... More

Edison, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-3) issued by Duke S...

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Edison's home, Menlo Park, New Jersey / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davi...

Edison's complex at Menlo Park, showing house, laboratory, office and machine shop.

New Jersey--the wizard of electricity--Thomas A. Edison's system of el...

Six views showing Menlo Park and exterior of Edison's laboratory, and electric light apparatus. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1880 Jan. 10., p. 353.

Edison's electric light. the generator, the armature, & electric metre

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1880 Jan. 3). Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 I. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Thomas Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Copyright 1880 by Emil P. Spahn, Newark, New Jersey. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Patent drawing - for T. A. Edison's Electric Lighting Public domain i...

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Patent drawing - for T. A. Edison's Incandescent Electric Lamp Public ...

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Improved Edison's instantaneous music for piano and organ

Patent drawing - for T. A. Edison's Incandescing Electric Lamp Public ...

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decoration from "The Constitutional Club. R. W. Edis, F.S.A., Architec...

This image has been taken from scan 000055 from "The Constitutional Club. R. W. Edis, F.S.A., Architect. [Reprinted from “The British Architect.”]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated... More

Main Entrance Into Laboratory Complex

Main entrance into the Laboratory Complex. Thomas Edison opened his Laboratory Complex in 1887. The complex included a library, machine shops, chemistry, physics and metallurgical laboratories and experiment... More

Thomas A. Edison, printer's sample for the World's Inventors souvenir ...

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Edison's phonograph display at Exposition Universelle De Paris, 1889

During the summer of 1889, Thomas Edison exhibited his phonograph technology at the Exposition Universelle De Paris. A talking doll is displayed on the center table.

Edison phonograph exhibit at 1889 Exposition Universelle De Paris

In the summer of 1889, Thomas Edison exhibited his lastest phonograph technology at the Exposition Universelle De Paris. A prototype Edison Talking Doll is displayed on the center table. Thomas Edison National... More

[Entrance to the United States exhibit area in the Palace of Diverse I...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scientific American magazine, April 26, 1890, full view of cover page

"The Manufacture of Edison's Talking Doll", Scientific American magazine, April 26, 1890.

Drawing of young woman making a doll recording, Scientific American, A...

Drawing of young woman making a doll recording ; Scientific American, April 26, 1890, image from cover page.

'Edison's Phonographic Doll' (news article), Scientific American, Apri...

"Edison's Phonographic Doll" (news article), Scientific American magazine, April 26, 1890, page 263.

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll 'packing room', Scientific American, Ap...

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll 'packing room' in the Edison Phonograph Works. Scientific American, April 26, 1890, image from cover page.

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll phonograph mechanism, Scientific Americ...

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll phonograph mechanism ; Scientific American, April 26, 1890, image from cover page.

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll, complete with clothing, Scientific Ame...

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll, complete with clothing ; Scientific American, April 26, 1890, image from cover page.

Manufacture of Edison Talking Dolls, circa February to May 1890

Manufacture of Edison Talking Dolls took place at the Edison Phonograph Works, near the Edison Laboratory, in West Orange, New Jersey. Thomas Edison National Historical Park historic photograph, image number 29-415-001.

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll with back open, Scientific American, Ap...

Drawing of Edison Talking Doll with back open ; Scientific American, April 26, 1890, image from cover page.

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

3/4 seated, with one of his inventions, facing left [Ediphone?]. 48007Xp1s U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by W.K. Dickson, Orange, N.J. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capt... More

Edison's phonograph, Experimental Dept., Orange, N.J.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by W. K. Dickson, 1892.

[Thomas A. Edison, W.K.L. Dickson, and others at the "perfected" wax-r...

Portrait shows Edison seated in center. with Fred Ott at left and Col. George Gouraud at right. Standing (left to right) are W.K.L. Dickson, Charles Batchelor, A. Theodore Wangemann, John Ott, and Charles Brown... More

Nancy Elliot - mother of T.A. Edison

Naney Elliot(t) Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. 41785Y U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of framed picture. Copyright by W.K.L. Dickson, Orange, N.J.

Edison and most of his Orange laboratory staff

Portrait shows Edison seated in center of front row. On his right: Ch. Batchelor, W.S. Mallory, J.F. Randolph, and J.W. Harris. On his left (right to left): J. Ott; Thos. Maguire; J.W. Gladstone; and Ch. Brown.... More

[Thomas Edison, half-length portrait, facing front] / J.M. White & Co.

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Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894 /

"Considered to be the first motion picture given legal status by copyright acceptance. The forty-five frames it contains were sent in for copyright as a still picture. The action consists of a man, Fred Ott, sn... More

The souvenir strip of Edison Kinetoscope Eugene [i.e. Eugen] Sandow, t...

Photograph of an Edison Kinetoscope strip showing nine photos (film frames) of Sandow in various strong man poses. Includes a head-and-shoulders portrait of Thomas A. Edison above the strip. 10777 U.S. Copyrigh... More

Catalogue of Standard New Jersey Records: for the Edison Phonograph

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Edison Kinetoscopic record of a sneeze / From a copyrighted photograph...

Print shows a man, Edison engineer Fred Ott, sneezing. The accompanying Harper's Weekly article describes the image as "the entire record of a sneeze from the first taking of a pinch of snuff to the recover" u... More

Corliss engine at the Concentrating Works, 1895.

Corliss engine used to power giant rolls at the Concentrating Works, 1895.

[Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, full-length portrait, seated in swivel...

Copyrighted by Kreidler & Crider. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Man, two women and two children listening to phonograph--Girl is hold...

Copyright by T.A. Edison. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - detail view 3

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - detail view 2

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Electric plant [Detroit Edison Company], Detroit, Mich.

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On job. Washington, D.C. Jan. 19. Charles Edison, son of the famous in...

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Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 4

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 5

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Appeals to Congress to enact Naval Bill Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Secr...

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Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 7

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Wife of Acting Navy Secretary views prize winning needlework of girl s...

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Naval increase on the way. Washington, D.C., June 2. Assist. Secretary...

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Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 10

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Thomas Edison - National Parks Gallery

Portrait of Thomas Edison taken around 1878

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 6

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder, removed from prototype mechanism - view ...

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Cabinet members arrive for meeting with President Roosevelt. Washingto...

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Denies that helping Richard Whitney got him business. Washington, D.C....

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Assistant Secretary inspects Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md. Visiting th...

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Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 2

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 3

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

New Assistant Secretary of Navy pays first official visit to Naval Aca...

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Navy Secretary and Naval Affairs Committee Chairman chat at meeting. W...

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Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - detail view 4

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 1

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder, close-up view of groove surface

This photo shows a close-up view of the recorded sound groove surface. (Note: The "1565" marking is not historic. It is the NPS museum catalog number.) "Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinde... More

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 7

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder, inside rim

This view shows the inside rim of the cylinder. "Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder on prototype mechanism - view 8

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Interiör av Edisons elektriska belysningsstation i New York år 1882. U...

Interiör av Edisons elektriska belysningsstation i New York år 1882. Ur Scientific American.

Edison Talking Doll cylinder, showing 'hickory 120' marking

A marking found inside the cylinder reads "hickory 120" (inside ring, top center). "Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

[Thomas A. Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait]

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Edison Talking Doll cylinder, removed from prototype mechanism - view ...

"Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll prototype mechanism, showing feedscrew

A close-up view of the feedscrew on Edison Talking Doll prototype mechanism (EDIS 1564). "Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cylinder, metal ; National Park Service collection (EDIS 1565).

Edison Talking Doll cylinder, showing 'T 130' marking

A marking found inside the cylinder reads "T 130" (inside ring, top center.) (Note: The "1565" marking is not historic. It is the NPS museum catalog number.) "Hickory, dickory, dock" ; Edison Talking Doll cy... More