Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison ...

It was sold by the Thomas A. Edison Jr. Chemical Company, an outfit ostensibly owned by the son of famed inventor Thomas Edison. The family name had become synonymous with innovation; most people ...

In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931 ... baritone voice and actually the voice of Scott de Martinville himself. History had to be re-written once again! Some of the world's most weird ...

Edison and Ford Winter Estates will host its annual vintage “base ball” game at historic Terry Park in Fort Myers.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Students at Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia put on their annual performance, showcasing ...

It all started in 1938. Since then, the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade has grown into an annual tradition that draws thousands to downtown Fort Myers to marvel at the elaborate floats and ...

The Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers once served as a winter home for Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.

The Edison and Ford Winter Estates are a home base for history buffs who visit the area. The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the ...

Feb. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931.

the "Wizard of Menlo Park" created the illusion that his prototype burned for more than a few minutes at a time Tara Isabella Burton The second wife of Thomas Edison, she viewed domestic labor as ...