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Unbound. Photograph of Thomas A. Edison balancing a wax record on his knee, surrounded by the staff of the Edison Disc Plant Building 22 at Orange, New Jersey. Dated in pencil on the verso in 1923. Image size is 7" x 9", mounted on a contemporary mat which measures 12" x 14". The photograph is fine, the mat is a little age-toned, and the corners are rounded. Boldly Signed by Edison beneath the photo with his classic signature with overarching paraph. On the verso of the photo is a neat, contemporary list of each of the men in the photograph. This was the property of Jeffrey Buchanan, Chief Engineer of the Disc Plant, who is seated to Edison's right. An attractive signed photograph of the inventor of the disc with his invention.
Item #89987
