Caption on front: "To Frank Parker Stockbridge. Thos A Edison. The Wizard who seeks to grow rubber in American and refine it by machinery - seeks in what he calls 'the only way,' ceaseless study and experimentation in the laboratory twelve hours and more a day."

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 …

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(2) Edison as a young man (8 years old). [Stamped] August 27, 1931."

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(2) Edison's childhood home in Milan, Ohio. [Stamped] August 27, 1931."

A biographical sketch of Thomas Edison written for newspapers to use for current events or as an obituary

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 …

Caption on reverse [translation]: "In the Prime of His Life at 49. Son of the Great Inventor. New Secretary of the Navy. (Washington) 30th, Domei. President Roosevelt formally appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison to fill the the position of American Secretary of the Navy on the 30th, which had been vacant since the …