Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Thomas Edison" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Edison, factory, inventor, patent, Thomas Edison, Thomas A. Edison,
It is useful to use Thomas Edison invention-related terms such as:
batteries, cement, electric, incandescent lamp, kinetograph, kinetophone, kinetoscope, light bulb, microphone, nickel iron, phonograph, vote recorder.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The Kinetograph"
The Salt Lake herald (Salt Lake City, UT), May 29, 1891, Image 1, col. 5.
"The Wonderful Edison Kinetoscope"
The Indianapolis journal (Indianapolis, IN), January 6, 1895, The Sunday Journal, PART TWO, Page 12, Image 12, col. 6.
"Wizard Edison Says He Has Solved The Automobile Problem"
The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MS), June 15, 1902, Magazine Section, Image 41, col. 1.
"Edison's Latest Battery"
Omaha daily bee (Omaha, NE) June 26, 1910, AUTOMOBILES, Page 8, Image 48, col. 3.
"905 Patents Issued to Edison"
Vermont Phœnix (Brattleboro, VT), December 2, 1910, Page 9, Image 9, col. 2.
"Edison's Latest Lesson"
Evening times-Republican (Marshalltown, IA), October 21, 1914, Image 4, col 2.
"Great Edison Plant Destroyed by Fire"
Fergus County Democrat (Lewistown, MT), December 10, 1914, Image 1, col 2.
"Edison Fire Loss about $7,000,000"
Webster City Freeman (Webster City, Familton County, IA), December 15, 1914, Image 6, col. 3.
"Tom Edison, New U.S. Naval Expert, On Board Battelship"
The Day Book (Chicago, IL), July 15, 1915, Last Edition, Page 31, Image 31, col. 1.
"Early Patents in America"
Monroe City Democrat (Monroe City, MO), August 5, 1915, Image 4, col. 1.
"Improving the U.S. Submarine"
The Ogden standard (Ogden City, UT), August 25, 1915, 4 P.M. CITY EDITION, Image 1, col. 4.
"Edison's Chief Engingeer Issues Statement Defending New Battery Made by the Inventor"
The Washington herald (Washington, DC), January 17, 1916, Image 1, col 2.
"Edison, Forgetting to Eat or Sleep, Works All Night on War Plans"
The Day Book (Washington, DC), March 7, 1917, NOON EDITION, Image 9, col. 1.
"Thomas A. Edison Called By Death"
The Coolidge Examiner, (Coolidge, AZ), October 23, 1931, Image 1, col. 6.
"Early Lessons Backfired But Lessons Brought Lasting Fame"
Arizona sun (Phoenix, AZ), January 24, 1947, Image 6, col. 2.

Thomas Edison: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America