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World Exposition Paris 1889, Phonograph by Thomas Edison in the Galerie des Machines, visitors listen with earphones

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Edison's Phonograph from 1879, wood engravings, published in 1880

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Thomas Edison and his assistants at work in the lab in Fort Myers, Florida, 1912.

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Orange, New Jersey- Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Edison at the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet given in honor of the noted inventor at the YMCA here. They are...

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