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Title
Thomas
Edison
birthplace
photograph
Subject
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Milan (Ohio)
Historic houses
National Register of Historic Places
United States. Work Progress Administration
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Milan (Ohio)
Erie County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
an
exterior
view
of the
house
where
inventor
Thomas
Alva
Edison
was
born
on
February
11
,
1847
, in
Milan
,
Ohio
. The
house
has
window
shutters
and an
open
porch
with an
assembly
of
chairs
, a
bench
, and a
small
table
. The
Edison
birthplace
is
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
. As a
child
,
Edison
lived
in
Milan
and in
Port
Huron
,
Michigan
.
Although
Edison
received
only
three
months
of
formal
schooling
, he
became
one
of the
greatest
inventors
of
all
time
.
Edison's
inventions
forever
changed
people's
lives
.
Electric
lights
allowed
people
to
remain
active
at
night
,
whether
it
be
reading
,
dancing
, or
listening
to
Edison's
phonograph
.
Previously
, with
only
candles
or
fireplaces
to
light
homes
,
most
people
simply
went
to
sleep
once
nightfall
arrived
.
Factories
also
began
to
use
electricity
and
electric
lights
.
Now
factories
could
remain
open
twenty-four
hours
per
day
, and
soon
the
workday
became
divided
into
three
eight-hour
shifts
. His
improvements
to the
telegraph
and
telephone
also
helped
make
communication
easier
around
the
entire
world
. This
image
of
Edison’s
birthplace
is
among
the
photographs
produced
by the
Federal
Works
Progress
Administration
(WPA)
between
1935
and
1943
.
Creator
Works Progress Administration
Date of Original
ca.
1935-1943
Collection
Works
Progress
Administration
,
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
;
Box
2
,
Folder
2
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06394.tif
Image Height
5858
Image Width
5858
File Size
82692672 Bytes
Notes
Copyright
Notes
:
Government
record.
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-05
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