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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1979
Page
9
Greenfield Village offers a no charge pamphlet celebrating the light bulb birthday. The booklet explains the invention and includes instructions to make a zoetrope a moving picture tool. Write for it to Office of Public Relations Henry Ford Museum Dearborn Mich 48121.
Edison born February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. He had only three months of formal schooling learned at home by his mother. At age 12 he sold newspapers on a train and was left deaf after a conductor pulled him aboard. His deafness aided his concentration throughout life.
A brief note urges readers to scan the remaining pages for pictures and items connected to electricity and electric devices. It highlights the presence of electrical themes across the publication and invites exploration of illustrations and captions.
On October 21, 11879 in Menlo Park New Jersey Thomas Edison age 32 unveiled the long burning electric light bulb after testing over 600 ideas. The bulb burned 40 hours marking a key patent among his 1 000 inventions. The Menlo Park lab was later moved to Dearborn Michigan for Greenfield Village celebrations by Henry Ford Foundation.
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