THOMAS EDISON WALKING
Thomas Edison at a celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of his "talking machine."
1927 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"- THOMAS EDISON
Thomas Edison, at the celebration for the 50th anniversary of his "talking machine," repeats the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" which were the first words spoken into his original phonograph.
1927 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 THOMAS EDISON
CU on Thomas Edison's face.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 RECORDING SESSION MONTAGE
A montage of scenes during a recording session- the "silence" light blinks on and off, men adjust knobs in the sound booth, and a needle cuts ridges into a record.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 THOMAS EDISON'S TIME CARD- 1912
Thomas Edison clocks in for work. CU on his time card for the week of September 10, 1912.
1912 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 THOMAS EDISON IN HIS LABORATORY
Thomas Edison working in his West Orange, New Jersey laboratory, including an outside view of the building and a peak into his notebook.
1910s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 INSIDE GRAND CENTRAL STATION- 1920S
The sun shines down through the cathedral-like windows of New York's Grand Central Station onto the people below.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 A SPINNING RECORD
CU on a record spinning on an old player.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 BIG HOUSE & OLD CAR
A big house and a man getting into an old car.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P

 AUDIO BOOKS ON RECORDS FOR THE BLIND
Recording and listening to a book for the blind on a record. "The Victor of Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith as read by William Brenton.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Film: 16P