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Thomas Edison

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Description

Pencil signature, "Thos. A. Edison,” on a 4 x 4 sheet removed from a pamphlet headed "State Cooperation in the Enforcement of National Prohibition Laws." Ink notation to upper border dates the signature to "July 28th, 1930 at Edison Home, Menlo Park, East Orange, N.J." The sheet is affixed to a slightly larger album page. In fine condition.

Also included is a group of five programs and pamphlets related to Edison's life and achievements, including an exhibitor's program for The 1912 Boston Electric Show, with preprinted Edison signature to front cover; a dinner program for the Telegraph Operators Dinner in San Francisco on October 19, 1915, with menu section marked in Morse Code; a program for a dinner in honor of Edison by the New York Edison Company on September 11, 1922; a booklet entitled "Addresses delivered at the Dedication of the Commemorative Tablet near the site of the Edison Laboratories and Workshops at Menlo Park, NJ, May 16th, 1925"; and a tourism booklet for the Thomas A. Edison Winter Home & Museum in Fort Myers, Florida.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #572 - Ended December 04, 2019