Young Alva Edison In His Railway Uniform
by Bettmann
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Young Alva Edison In His Railway Uniform
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) Waist-up photograph of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). At the age of twelve, young Edison was a newsboy and a candy butcher on the Grand Trunk Railroad running from Port Huron to Detroit, Michigan. He maintained a chemical laboratory in the train's baggage car which also housed a printing press on which the young Edison ran off editions of The Weekly Herald, the first newspaper ever. Undated photograph, circa 1860.
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May 18th, 2020
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