[Photo of a telephone built by the American Speaking Telephone Co. and invented by Thomas A. Edison] [graphic] [ca. 1900]

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[Photo of a telephone built by the American Speaking Telephone Co. and invented by Thomas A. Edison] [graphic] [ca. 1900]

Depicts an open telephone box showing wiring.

1 photographic print : b&w.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7532118

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Ridge Telephone Company.

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American Speaking Telephone Company.

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...