American inventor.
Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931
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United States Information Service :Photographs relating to Thomas Edison
Date: ca 1877-1927
By: United States Information Service
Reference: PAColl-0537
Description: Photographs collected by the United States Information Service on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of Edison's birth in 1951. They feature Edison with various of his inventions and an information sheet about the inventor. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).
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The Millennium Medal Collection. [1999].
Date: 1999
By: Woolworth's (New Zealand) Ltd.
Reference: Eph-F-HISTORY-1999-01
Description: Includes medals commemmorating: A.D. The birth of Christ 476 A.D. The fall of the Roman Empire 1440-1550. The Renaissance - Michelangelo, Botticelli, Da Vinci 1492-1590 Exploration - Columbus, Magellan, Vasco da Gama 1712-1908 Transport - Wright, Stephenson, Ford 1760-1860 Industrial Revolution - steam changes the world 1770-1827 Beethoven 1775-1783 American Revolution - Birth of the USA 1789 French Revolution - Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite 1833-1926 Technology - Bell, Edison, Marconi, Baird, Babbage 1889-1977 Charlie Chaplin, the Little Tramp 1898-1903 Marie Curie investigated radioactivity 1910-1997 Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1914-1918 World War I - War in the trenches 1939-1945 World War II - Allies defeat Axis powers 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Mt Everest 1953 DNA, the secret of life and heredity 1969 First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong 1974 Muhammad Ali "Float like a butterfly" 1989-1993 Development of the Internet and the World Wide Web 1992 Nelson Mandela abolished apartheid Quantity: 21 curio(s). Physical Description: 21 metal medals/coins, diameter 27 mm.