Thomas Edison Frame Color:Brown dirt and poverty

dirt and poverty

This photograph from The Times Photo Archives was taken by a U

"The powers of his mind were remarkable

which stand in the background

Thomas Edison Frame Color:Brown dirt and povertyThomas Edison, deep in thought, left, in his laboratory in West Orange, N. J. Called "The American Genie of the (Electric) Lamp" by The Times, it was reported that when he worked he allowed himself no more than his usual half hour midday meal. A Times reporter ventured to interrogate him about his "undermined physical vitality" in 1921. He instantly assumed a position of a soldier and challenged: "Do I look it?" It was then that all appeared satisfied