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Thomas Edison, Charles Batchelor and Uriah Painter with Edison's Phonograph, April 18, 1878
Mathew Brady1878-04-18
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
While in Washington D.C. for an 1878 presentation to the National Academy of Sciences, inventor Thomas Edison, his lab assistant Charles Batchelor, and Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent Uriah Painter sat for famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. They posed with Edison's phonograph, a new invention that could, for the first time, record and reproduce sound. The machine made Edison an overnight celebrity.
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- Title: Thomas Edison, Charles Batchelor and Uriah Painter with Edison's Phonograph, April 18, 1878
- Creator: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
- Date: 1878-04-18
- Location: United States, District of Columbia, Washington
- Subject Keywords: Batchelor, Charles, 1845-1910, Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Painter, Uriah Hunt, 1837-1900, Cylinder phonographs (Phonographs), Photographic prints, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: P.188.2901
- Inventor: Thomas Edison
- Invention: Phonograph
- Image ID: THF111744
- Field: Sound
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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