Portrait of Charles Batchelor, "First Photograph Made with Incandescent Light," 1880
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Photographic print
Subject Date
1880
Keywords
United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2005.0.32.20
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in
Width: 9 in
Inscriptions
along white border across the bottom: The first photograph ever taken by incandescent electric lamps / By Kind Permission of W. J. Jenks. / This shows / Charles Batchelor. [the first two lines were printed, but the second is crossed out in pencil, and the last two lines were handwritten in pencil.]
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