Thomas Alva Edison is one of the most prolific inventors in history and holds over 1,093 US patents. Most of his inventions were based on telecommunications. Some of Thomas Edison's more notable inventions include electricity distribution in 1880, the mechanical vote recorder, electric car battery, recorded music (sound recording & reproducing phonograph in 1878), two-way telegraph in 1892, motion picture cameras (the Kinetograph) and the stock ticker.
This photo was taken circa 1901 in his laboratory located in East Orange New Jersey.
Thomas Edison was born in Milan Ohio on February 11th 1847 and died due to complications of diabetes in Llewellyn Park West Orange, New Jersey on October 18th 1931.
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio United States of America, and died at age 84 years old on October 18, 1931 at lewellyn park in west orange, New Jersey us. Thomas Edison was buried at Glenmont Llewellyn Park, in West Orange, Essex County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thomas Alva Edison.
Historic and vintage photographs contained in the United States Library of Congress.
The U.S. Library of Congress is the oldest and largest library in the United States, second in the world only to The British Library. Established on April 24th, 1800 the Library of Congress includes ...
Photos of the inventions, gadgets, machines & inventors of our modern technology taken over the past 150 years
From homes to farms to mines - to the moon. These are the everyday gadgets, utensils, and machines that we've used in daily life plus their inventors and the people who used them.
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Please reach out and message us here if you have any questions, feedback, requests to merge biographies, or just want to say hi! 2020 marks 20 years since the inception of AncientFaces. We are the same team who began this community so long ago. Over the years it feels, at least to us, that our family has expanded to include so many. Thank you!
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator. My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.