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Thomas Edison fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1875-1951.

Reference:

R7330-0-2-E, MG29-B8

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97806

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Thomas Edison fonds
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Date(s):

1875-1951.

Place of creation:

New York (State)

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (11 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a letter from Edison to Holland Bros., Ottawa, 1 May 1894, concerning the first public showing of a kinetoscope in Canada, and Canadian Film Award programmes and press releases, 1951, concerning the presentation of the Edison letter; and an original Canadian patent in favour of T.A. Edison for the Edison Quadruplex Telegraph, 12 April 1875. The patent is located in horizontal storage, container 2.

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Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

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Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 : Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who was first employed as a telegraph operator in Detroit and Stratford, Ontario. He invented a printing telegraph for stock quotations, a quadruple telegraph, the phonograph, the film projector and the incandescent electric light bulb.

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General note:

Letter from Edison to Holland Bros. presented to the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) by the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association in 1951; the patent was presented by the Canadian National Railways in 1957.
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Inventions - Canada, 1894 Canadian Film Awards, 1951

Patent laws and legislation - Canada, 1894 Holland Bros., (Ottawa, Ont.)

Patents - Canada, 1894 Kinetoscope, 1894
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Private

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MG29-B8
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 B 8] 1--3

[Consultation 90 Open]

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The original letter from Thomas A. Edison to the Holland Brothers has been withdrawn from circulation. A photocopy is available for consultation and copying in volume 1.

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