The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1931, Page 7

ee teetr emt toe am taeetna tent WITH MRS. EDISON+-This picture was taken in Fort yers, Fla., the inventor's winter home, on his 83d birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Edison are shown here listening to a spcech at the unveiling of a plaque in honor of the great inventor. Sd FORD TELLS A STORY—This picture_shows Henry Ford relating something of a private nature to Thomas Edison at his winter home in Florida. Ford probably was explaining why- he was unable to be present at the. inventor's birthday i party. CARRIES ON—Here is Charles Edison, oldest son of the inventor's second mar- MEDAL OF HONOR— tiage and president of the Edison industries. He is one ‘of six children born to the inventor-—four boys and two girls. Here: is the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded Edison in 1928, ‘It reads, . "He illuminated the path of progress by his inventiogs.”” Ae ae teem een tenants emt enna tee Two AMUN —The top picture shows Ed- ison in his laboratory on his 74th birthday, Feb. 11, 1921. Bottom: Looking over his first phonograph. The pccasion was the golden an- niversary, in 1927, of the invention of recording and reproducing sound. CELEBRITIES CONGRATULATE HIM—Edison’s 82d elect, Henry Ford, motor tycoon, ai congratulations. PICTURES TELL THE STORY OF THomAS A. EDISON | THE INQUIRING MIND —Upper left shows a paint- ing of Edison as a young man, engrossed in one of his most important experiments. He is keping vigil over an electric lamp to test its endur- ance, Upper right: the in- ventor who was responsible for the first motion picture proenuer machine taps the ey that starts projection on the new-dimension movie screen in a distant city. Be- low: with Charles P. Stein- metz, the late wizard of elec- tricity. The two were close friends. Steinmetz here is demonstrating to Edison the destructive results of his artificial lightning. THOMAS ALVA EDISON—Here is one of the latest photographs of the man generally conceded to be the greatest inventor of modern times, with more inventions to his credit than any man in history. His list includes the electric light, the ‘phonograph, and hundreds of others. - birthday, Feb. 11, 1929, found Herbert Hoover, then president- Harvey Firestone, rubber magnate, calling on the inventor at Fort Myers, Fla., to tender their Every birthday was the occasion for famous men to visit Edison with their best wishes. HIS BIRTHPLACE—This little brick house in Milan, . is where Thomas Alva Edison was born, Feb. 11. 1847. The house is unchanged except for addition of a porch, which was built mn ts inventor bought the house in é MILESTONES IN THOMAS EDISON'S CAREE! ‘an automatic telegraph repeating device. important invention, became a telegraph operator. 2—At the Huron, Mich. Later he 1—As a boy of 14, about seven ye ‘At this time he was a newsboy on a,train between age of 19, the young experimenter. of 25, with important inventions already. to his credit and a world of discoveries before EDISON SLEEPS WHILE A PRESIDENT READS—AI no man needs more than a few ren Harding, ; 14) before he perfected his frst Detroit and Port, The alert young mai ig. 4—Edison at 63; a pitture taken rs of sleep out of each 24, the g then president of the United States, and H. S. Firestone read their newspapers. though the famous inventor has been widely quoted as saying that cameraman caught him here taking an afternoon nap while War- 5—At work in his range, N. J. f On this birthday he was given a Sevent and feeling great. laboratory, at the age of 71. dinner 2 eee Nite neem Seeman s iene sennsiennmmeienn ieee tiene eee semceumntne EDISON'S CHOICE—Congratulating Wilbur B. Huston of Seattle, Wash., who won the finals of the first Edison National Scholarship contest at West Orange, N. J., in 1929. Forty-nine boys, from the 48 states and District of Columbia, competed for the honor of being educated at the Edison plant. EDISON GENIUS PRODUCED THESE—Here are some of the world’s greatest inventor's contributions to_prog- ves. Upper left: first incandescent lamp. Right: the Edison dynamo of 1880. Lower lett: the onginal Edison unfoil phonograph. Right: his first invention, the vote recorder. lg Men, he said, should work more and sleep less. by his pioneer employes at West Orange. 7—Hale and hearty on his 80th birthday, he put in a full day's work in his laboratory and had time to visit with Henry Ford, who motored east for the occasion. 8—One of his most recent photographs, a snapshot made in Florida. MANN | mn!