PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-1-239 (G80.005)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Edison Said to be Seriously Ill. The American king of inventors, Thomas Edison, who invented many of the necessities of our cultural lifestyle such as the electric light bulb and gramophone and has contributed to the advancement of humanity to an unusual degree, is said to have fallen seriously ill at his home in Orange. Photograph: a recent close up of Edison taken last year at his 83rd birthday celebration. [stamped] August 3, 1931."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

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