Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 in MIlan ... One of Menlo Park’s first giant successes was the invention of the phonograph in 1877. Instead of the vinyl disc we’re so familiar with ...

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison ...

In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) invented the tin foil phonograph – a machine that recorded sound by indenting a sheet of tin foil into a groove in a cylinder. A later wax version was ...

This new illustrated series explores some of the most iconic moments in the history of film. We begin with Thomas Edison, the inventor of the kinetograph ...

Thomas A. Edison, noted inventor, is the chief actor in a special Community Fund moving picture which is being shown at all Pittsfield theaters.