1910s
Thomas Edison says that people work too hard and worry too much (1913)
Thomas Edison says people work too hard, but that pleasure is as necessary as food. ‘This is an electric age. The pressure was never heavier, nor the grind harder.’
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1910s
Thomas Edison says electricity will cure everything (1914)
Electricity will cure all the ills of the world, predicts Thomas Edison, whose inventive genius is responsible for the widespread application of electricity.
1900s
Music! Comedy! The wonder of Edison’s new phonograph player
The dance music of the Edison Phonograph is irresistible. It offers the most fascinating waltzes and spirited two-steps of the world’s, great composers as well as the popular dance music of the hour.
1960s
How Thomas Edison shaped our world (1964)
Here’s a look back from 1964 at the career of “American folk hero” Thomas Edison.
1940s
Mickey Rooney stars as Young Thomas Edison (1940)
Mickey Rooney as Young Tom Edison METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has just completed the first of two most important pictures. Together they encompass the life story of a
1800s
Tesla’s latest wonder: Wireless electricity (1898)
Tesla’s latest wonder: Illustrating the method by which electric power is conducted from one place to another without wares, the balloons act as the poles
1960s
Little change in the turntable since Edison (1963)
Little change in turntable since Edison By Preston McGraw One part of a high fidelity stereo system is basically unchanged from the model Thomas A
1900s
Famous invention trading cards
Inventions that changed the world – Famous inventions trading cards Marconi transmitting apparatus Edison’s first phonograph The invention of the Electric tram Modern lighthouse lantern Pratt’s
1910s
Thomas Edison at home (1916)
Thomas A Edison in Glenmont, his Llewellyn Park (NJ) home Click the page image to see a larger version Captions: A characteristic pose of Mr
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