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Title
Thomas
Edison
Birthplace
Photograph
Subject
Science and Technology
Architecture
Houses
Inventors
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Place
Milan (Ohio)
Erie County (Ohio)
Description
Inventor
Thomas
Alva
Edison
(1847-1931)
was
born
in this
brick
house
in
Milan
,
Ohio
on
February
11
,
1847
.
Edison's
parents
sold
the
home
when
they
moved
to
Port
Huron
,
Michigan
in
1854
, but his
sister
,
Marion
Edison
Page
,
purchased
it
in
1894
.
Thomas
Edison
became
the
owner
of his
birthplace
in
1906
.
Ironically
, the
house
was
still
lit
by
candles
and
lamps
upon
Edison's
last
visit
in
1923
.
After
his
death
, his
wife
and
daughter
worked
to
open
the
home
as a
museum
and
memorial
to
Thomas
Edison
. The
Edison
Birthplace
Museum
opened
in
1947
on the
100th
anniversary
of
Thomas
Edison's
birth
. This
photograph
measures
2.75
"
x
2.75
"
(6.99
x
6.99
cm)
.
Creator
Ohio. Dept. of Development
Date of Original
1966
circa
Collection
Wonderful
World
of
Ohio
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
State
Archives
Series
2002
Format
picture
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
Om3114_3737152_001.tif
Image Height
2535
Image Width
2551
File Size
1297.272 KB
Date created
2009-01-20
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