The 1880s - Inventors
The 1880s - Inventors
Archival stills of young Thomas Alva Edison posing with phonograph.
The 1880s - Inventors
An early phonograph machine. An incandescent light bulb, lit up.
The 1880s - Inventors
Illustrations of a city being illuminated by electric lights. Illustrations of Thomas Alva Edison working in Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory; adult Caucasian males surrounding him. Still photo of Edison slouched in a chair, phonograph on the table in front of him.
The 1880s - Inventors
Exterior of Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey.
The 1880s - Inventors
Interior of Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. Shelves and tables containing various vials, bottles, and other scientific equipment used for experimentation.
The 1880s - Inventors
Archival Illustration of two children, Caucasian male and female, watching a circular wheel create moving images.
The 1880s - Inventors
Excellent "Galloping Horse" film by Eadweard Muybridge, 1878 (the illusion of movement).
The 1880s - Inventors
Thomas Edison's celluloid print of "Fred Ott's Sneeze".
The 1880s - Inventors
Illustration of early kinetoscope.
The 1880s - Inventors
Poster advertisement promoting Thomas Edison's new invention, the kinetoscope.