Thomas Edison and His Phonograph, 1878
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In 1877, Thomas Edison and his laboratory assistants created a machine that could - for the first time - record and reproduce sound. Called the phonograph, it made Edison an overnight celebrity. While in Washington, D.C., to present to the National Academy of Sciences in 1878, Edison sat with his phonograph for well-known Civil War photographer Mathew Brady.
In 1877, Thomas Edison and his laboratory assistants created a machine that could - for the first time - record and reproduce sound. Called the phonograph, it made Edison an overnight celebrity. While in Washington, D.C., to present to the National Academy of Sciences in 1878, Edison sat with his phonograph for well-known Civil War photographer Mathew Brady.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
April 1878
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1630.P.188.20340
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
Inscriptions
front, below image: Engraved for the Eclectic by J. J. Cade, New York / PROF. EDISON AND HIS PHONOGRAPH written in pencil on back: Do not release. 2 col. 91945/10 written underneath linen on back: 20340
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