Edison Fireside Photograph
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Orange, New Jersey
about 1910
Wooden (oak) case and removable cover, black enamel finish on works which hinge up, removable crank, missing speaker horn, Model A, serial 15709, plays 4 minute and 2 minute cylinders
Overall: 12 × 9 × 10 in. (30.5 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.27
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased by the Dartmouth College Museum from Ena Eanchuk's Thrift Shop for $35.00, December 6, 1961; transferred to Allen King, December, 1982; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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