Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label Thomas-Edison. Show all posts

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Telegraphing With a Steam Whistle

1895 While Edison, then a boy, was living in Port Huron he found one of those opportunities to distinguish himself that seem to be always fa...

Friday, July 27, 2007

Joy For The Men at Tea

1917 Some Good Samaritan Has Invented Oval Saucer That Safely Holds Cup and Dainties Any man who knows that, sooner or later, he must go to ...

Saturday, May 12, 2007

The Talking Phonograph

1878 Mr. Thomas A. Edison recently came into this office, says the Scientific American, placed a little machine on our desk, turned a crank,...

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Demonstrating Edison's Marvelous Phonograph

1878 A Phonograph At Work Making a Plate from Which a Perfect Production of Your Speech Can be Made When You Are in Your Grave The Philadelp...

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Thinking About Education, Facts or Principles

1921 Something to Think About By F. A. Walker EDISON QUESTIONS THOMAS A. EDISON, who has a very low opinion of the intellectuality of the av...

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