Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
GE 75,000 watt light bulb on display, commemorating Edison's invention 75 years ago. Model Home Show
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Visual Materials
Thomas A. Edison in his workshop with light bulbs [with 3 variants of an Edison quote]
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Visual Materials
Map of Southern California showing the early transmission line corridors belonging to Pacific Light and Power, Southern California Edison and Southern Sierras Power Co. before the time of Edison's acquisition of PL&P. No number originally assigned by Cal. Electric and - no documentation included.
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Visual Materials
Model promoting outdoor electric light stand and electric lawn edger [with 16 variants]
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Manuscripts
The collection is made up of correspondence, patents, photographs, and ephemera. The correspondence includes some original and contemporary copies of Edison's letters regarding the Phonoplex System of Telegraphy, the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co., the use of paraphenylenediamine to manufacture phonograph records, the American Fine Arts Society, and the Society for Electrical Development, as well as a letter dismissing Charles H. Davids from his post as superintendent of the West Orange laboratory. There are additional items from the Edison-Bell Phonograph Corporation, Ltd. in England, as well as correspondence between Mina Miller Edison and Lester A. Grimes regarding a signed apron made from Thomas Edison's shirt, also included in the collection.
Visual Materials
Four men in an office with a painting of Edison on the wall. One is holding an antique light bulb.
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