Men of the Day. Mr. Thomas Alva Edison, the American Electrician and Inventor.
From a photograph by V.Daireaux, Paris. [c.1880]. Wood engraving, printed area 440 x 330mm. Horizontal centrefold. Head & shoulders portrait. In 1880 Edison was granted a patent for the electric incandescent lamp. Edison Illuminating Company was established by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City.
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