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First Public Demonstration of Edison's Light Bulb

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Six views showing Menlo Park and exterior of Edison's laboratory, and electric light apparatus.

Edison's Menlo Park laboratory where he worked on the electric light bulb

CREDIT: “New Jersey--The Wizard of Electricity--Thomas A. Edison's System of Electric Illumination,” 1880. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-97960.



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