First movie camera in Edison’s office and library, West Orange, New Jersey. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2017.
This preserved scene shows A large movie camera is in the foreground with shelves of books in the background. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: First movie camera in Edison's office and library, West Orange, New Jersey. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2017.
This preserved scene shows A large movie camera is in the foreground with shelves of books in the background. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: First movie camera in Edison's office and library, West Orange, New Jersey. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2017.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
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Scott County High School principal Gregory Figgs, Georgetown, Kentucky. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell, 1998.