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Keystone View Company The most famous inventor of the age, Thomas A. Edison in his laboratory

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07616.08 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1919 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.2 x 17.6 cm. Order a Copy

Stereocard of Edison in his laboratory. Biographical sketch of Edison is printed on verso.

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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