On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first demonstrated his electric incandescent lights for the public by illuminating some 100 ...
EDISON, N.J. (AP) -- When New Jersey dedicated a monument to honor Thomas Edison at his former laboratory site in 1938, the 130-foot concrete column towered over the town.
Autograph letter signed "T.A. Edison," handwritten in black ink on blue-lined white paper. Frank H. Scott, the recipient of the letter, worked for the publisher Scribner & Company in New York City, ...