Just the other day, I heard one of the earliest popular recorded sambas, Donga’s “Pelo Telefone,” from 1916 and released on an Edison talking record, probably a wax cylinder. A few years later the ...

Thomas Edison believed invention thrives on imagination and readily available materials. His famous quote highlights his ...

A 1898 sample of viscose rayon, made from wood pulp, marked a revolution in textiles, offering a luxurious silk alternative.

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

If you think of records as platters, you are of a certain age. If you don’t remember records at all, you are even younger. But there was a time when audio records were not flat — they were drums, ...

News of Thomas Edison’s (1847–1931) death on October 18, 1931, quickly reached colonial Korea. The Chosun Ilbo reported the obituary under the headline “Death of Edison, the Benefactor of Humanity and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1890, Americans were delighted when they heard the news that Thomas Edison was using his phonograph technology to give voice to porcelain dolls ...

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) remains one of the greatest and most prolific inventors of all time. Although perhaps best known for his incandescent lamp (1879), he held more than 1,000 patents and ...

The Edison Festival of Light began in February 1938 as a way to honor Fort Myers' most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Eighty eight years later, the festival is back and still going strong.