Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Photograph

Charles H. Tremear

Maker
American, b. Canada, 1865–1943

Thomas A. Edison

December 4, 1930
Daguerreotype, printed later
Image: 2 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (5.2 × 4 cm) (1/9 plate)
Case: 2 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 3/4 in. (7.3 × 4 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 270
Entry 270 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Daguerreotype of daguerreotype made of Thomas Edison Dec. 4, 1930 by Chas. H. Tremear, last of Daguerreotype photographers at Ford’s Greenfield Village. This copy is very fine and clear, and one of last photos made of Edison. Thos. Alva Edison Born Feb. 11, 1847 Died Oct. 1931. (12.00)
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