PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-1-236 (G80.002)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Edison Said to Have Been Briefly Seriously Ill. (New York) Rengo. The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who invented and discovered most of the necessities of our modern cultural life and has made the greatest human contribution to so-called material civilization, had been seriously ill for some time but has now reported his recovery and explained his condition. Rare photographs of the home where Edison grew up and his youth were obtained, so they are being released. 1. A recent portrait of Edison and his wife."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

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