Thomas A. Edison as a Newsboy and Candy Butcher, circa 1861
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A ruddy Thomas Edison sat for this portrait around age fourteen, while he was working on the Grand Trunk Railway. Edison sold popular newspapers and magazines, cigars, and candy to passengers traveling between his hometown of Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan. Edison also printed and sold his own newspaper, displaying the creative, entrepreneurial spirit that would characterize his life.
A ruddy Thomas Edison sat for this portrait around age fourteen, while he was working on the Grand Trunk Railway. Edison sold popular newspapers and magazines, cigars, and candy to passengers traveling between his hometown of Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan. Edison also printed and sold his own newspaper, displaying the creative, entrepreneurial spirit that would characterize his life.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1932
Subject Date
circa 1861
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1630.P.188.6573.A
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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