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Title
Thomas
and
Mina
Miller
Edison
Photograph
Subject
Science and Technology
Inventors
Inventions
Cameras
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Edison, Mina Miller, 1865-1947
Place
Milan (Ohio)
Erie County (Ohio)
West Orange (New Jersey)
Description
This
5
"
x
4
"
(12.7
x
10.16
cm)
photograph
shows
Thomas
and
Mina
Miller
Edison
experimenting
in their
private
laboratory
. Their
twelve-year-old
daughter
Madeleine
Edison
took
the
photograph
with her
Brownie
camera
,
which
was
invented
in
1900
and
marketed
by
Eastman
Kodak
as
simple
enough
for a
child
to
use
.
Inventor
Thomas
Edison
(1847-1931)
met
his
second
wife
Mina
Miller
,
daughter
of
Akron
industrialist
and
Chautauqua
founder
Lewis
Miller
,
while
visiting
the
World
Industrial
and
Cotton
Centennial
Exposition
in
New
Orleans
in
1885
. They
met
for the
second
time
during
the
summer
of that
year
at the
Boston
home
of a
mutual
acquaintance
.
Edison
was
smitten
with the
intelligent
and
attractive
nineteen
year-old
.
Later
that
summer
, they
met
again
at
Chautauqua
,
where
Edison
reportedly
referred
to her as "the
Chautauquain
Paragon
of
Perfection.
" Their
romance
blossomed
, and by
September
1885
, they were
engaged
. The
marriage
ceremony
took
place
in
Akron
at
Lewis
Miller's
home
,
Oak
Place
, on
February
24
,
1886
. The
newlyweds
spent
their
honeymoon
in
Fort
Myers
,
Florida
,
where
Edison
had
just
established
a
winter
home
and
laboratory
.
Creator
Sloane, Madeline Edison, 1888-
Date of Original
1900
circa
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Edison Birthplace Museum
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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
Om657_1028862_001.tif
Image Height
1192
Image Width
1666
File Size
588.185 KB
Format
picture
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