Alva Collection

Thomas Edison / Phonograph
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor with his Edison Business Phonograph

THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor. With his Edison Effect lamps in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Photograph, 1915, digitally colored by Granger, NYC

THOMAS ALVA EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor. Edison in his laboratory. Line engraving, English, 1880

Thomas Edison / La Nature
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Listening to the first phonogram sent to New York from England

EASTMAN AND EDISON, 1928. American inventors George Eastman and Thomas Edison operating
EASTMAN AND EDISON, 1928

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 -1931
KWE2967861 Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 -1931. American inventor and businessman. From The History of Our Country, published 1900; Private Collection

Edison in his Lab
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was an American inventor. In 1879, he produced the first commercially practical incandescent lamp

Wreck of Alva, Aug. 8, 1892, 1892 Aug 8. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of Alva, Aug. 8, 1892, 1892 Aug 8

Edison -Thomas Alva

The Siege of Louvain and the Heroism of Harman Reuter Against the Spanish Forces in 1571
CHT212754 The Siege of Louvain and the Heroism of Harman Reuter Against the Spanish Forces in 1571 (colour lithograph) (see also 88468) by German School

Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 17th century (oil on panel)
1765797 Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 17th century (oil on panel) by Dutch School, (17th century); 49A--38 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor and businessman, who has been described as Americas greatest inventor

THOMAS ALVA EDISON (1847 - 1931), American Inventor

The Siege of Louvain and the Heroism of Harman Reuter Against the Spanish Forces
STC88468 The Siege of Louvain and the Heroism of Harman Reuter Against the Spanish Forces, 1571 (engraving) by Dolendo

Alva Vandebilt, in costume for her 1883 ball (sepia print)
3077512 Alva Vandebilt, in costume for her 1883 ball (sepia print) by Mora, Jose Maria (b.1849); Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; (add.info.: Alva Belmont (January 17)

The Arrival of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (1508-82) at Rotterdam in 1567
PWI83542 The Arrival of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (1508-82) at Rotterdam in 1567, 1844 by Isabey, Louis Eugene Gabriel (1803-86); 93.5x142.5 cm; Louvre, Paris

Alva exacting the Oath of Allegiance (engraving)
6011433 Alva exacting the Oath of Allegiance (engraving) by Gallait, Louis (1810-87) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alva exacting the Oath of Allegiance)

Falkirk FK12 5 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Falkirk FK12 5

Alva Vanderbilt (1853 1933), nÚÑáAlva Erskine Smith, mother of Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough. Date: 1895

Thomas Edison / Young
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor as a young man Date: 1847 - 1931

Mrs O. H. P. Belmont (Alva Vanderbilt)
Alva Belmont (January 17, 1853 January 26, 1933), n饠 Alva Erskine Smith, and known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor and businessman. Date: 1917

Joseph Swan
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914), English chemist, inventor and industrialist

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 - 1931. American inventor and businessman. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934

Phonoplex telegraph invented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Engraving

Thomas Edison / After Mora
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor as a young man Date: 1847 - 1931

T A Edison
circa 1871: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) American scientist, inventor and industrialist, after spending 5 continuous days and nights perfecting the phonograph

KINETOSCOPE, 1890s. The Edison Kinetoscope parlor on Broadway at 28th Street in New York City. Wood engraving from an American newspaper, c1895

Thomas Edison / Mora NY
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor as a young man

Alvas Last Ride Through Amsterdam, The Netherlands In 1573. Don Fernando

Fernando

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor, engraving 1887

Tatler cover - Thomas Edison
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Thomas Edison on his 83rd birthday. 1930

Grand procession to the electric light in New York, 1884. US
Grand procession to the electric light in New York on October 31, 1884. Experiment Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Colored engraving. USA

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931). American Inventor. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Edison / Lab / Electric Lite
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Working on electric light in his laboratory Date: 1880

Thomas Edison / Ilz / Librar
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor in his library Date: 1847 - 1931

Thomas Edison / Scribner
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor as a young man Date: 1847 - 1931

ALVAs LAST RIDE / 1573
Alvas last ride through Amsterdam. Date: 1573

Thomas Edison / Leaning
THOMAS ALVA EDISON In his laboratory, circa 1900 Date: 1847 - 1931

Stirling Street, Alva, Clackmannanshire
Stirling Street, Alva, near Stirling, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Date: 1900s

Experiments with the phonograph in the Royal Institution, 1878. Professors John Tyndall and W.H. Preece Speaking into Phonograph. Engraving

Egmont and Hoorn
Lamiral, graaf van Egmont, and graaf van Hoorn are arrested by Alva for their sympathies with religious freedom, despite their loyalty to Felipe II. Date: 10 September 1567

Satire on Oppression
A Dutch satire on Spanish oppression : Margaret of Parma and the duke of Alva turn the screw on the Dutch lion, with the approval of the pope and the king of Spain. Date: circa 1567

Federico De Toledo
FEDERICO DE TOLEDO Spanish military commander in the Netherlands, son of the duke of Alva : governor of Naples 1568, later besieged Haarlem. Date: late 16th century

SUFFRAGETTE PROCESSION. National Womans Party members during dedication ceremonies for the National Womens Party Headquarters (later the Alva E. Belmont House) in Washington, D.C

PAUL & BELMONT, 1923. American social reformer Alice Paul (left) with American socialite and suffragist Alva Belmont. Photograph, 1923

THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor. Oil on canvas, 1929, by Ellis M. Silvette of Edison in the library of his laboratory at Orange, New Jersey

THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor. Photographed with his phonograph. Oil over a photograph taken by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C. April 1878

EDISON & FRIENDS, 1918. Thomas A. Edison and friends on a camping trip at an old grist mill in West Virginia. Left to right are Edison, Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. John Burroughs, Henry Ford, Harvey S

THOMAS A. EDISON, 1879. Thomas Edison testing the first successful incandescent lamp at Menlo Park, New Jersey. The test was completed on 21 October 1879 after the lamp had burned for forty hours

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving)
XJF384026 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving) by English School

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving)
XJF396616 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving) by Marshall

Naval Combat off the Coast of The Hague Naval between the Beggars of the Sea
XIR245793 Naval Combat off the Coast of The Hague Naval between the Beggars of the Sea and the Spanish in 1573 (coloured engraving) by Hogenberg, Franz (1540-c.1590); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Naval Combat between the Beggars of the Sea and the Spanish in 1573 (coloured engraving)
XIR212852 Naval Combat between the Beggars of the Sea and the Spanish in 1573 (coloured engraving) by Hogenberg, Franz (1540-c.1590); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

PHONOGRAPH, 1916. Advertisement from an American magazine featuring Belgian soprano, Alice Verlet, for The New Edison, 1916

PHONOGRAPH AD, c1880. A New York City broadside, c1880, inviting the curious for a demonstration of Thomas Edisons phonograph

ALVA VANDERBILT (1853-1933). Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, American society leader. Mrs. Vanderbilt costumed for a fancy-dress ball, c. 1880

THOMAS EDISON BIRTHPLACE. The two-story house in Milan, Ohio where the Edison family lived until 1854 and where Thomas Edison was born

EDISON AND FAMILY, 1907. American inventor Thomas Edison and his family at their home in West Orange, New Jersey. Left to right: Madeleine, Mina, Theodore, Charles and Thomas

NANCY ELLIOT EDISON (1810-1871). Mother of American inventor, Thomas Edison. Undated photograph

SAMUEL OGDEN EDISON (1804-1896). Father of American inventor, Thomas Edison. Undated photograph

EDISON LABORATORY, 1880. Winter scene at the Edison Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880. Sketch by Richard Felton Outcault

THOMAS A. EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor. Photographed with his phonograph in his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, 1887

EDISON: LABORATORY, c1900. Thomas A. Edisons laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, c1900

EDISON & FREINDS, 1918. Thomas Edison and friends on a camping trip at an old grist mill in West Virginia in 1918. Left to right are Edison, Harvey S, Firestone, Jr

THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor. Photograph, c1908

EDISON: SNEEZE, 1894. Kinetoscope record of a sneeze made at Thomas A. Edisons motion picture studio on the ground of his laboratory at West Orange, New Jersey, on 27 January 1894

EDISON & STEINMETZ, 1922. American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), and German-American electrical engineer, Charles P

THOMAS ALVA EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor. Photographed in 1908 with his nickel-iron-alkaline battery which was patented on March 18, 1908, after more than 50, 000 experiments

EDISON: MOVIE STILL, 1903. Scene from the film The Great Train Robbery made by the Edison Company in 1903

EDISON: STUDIO, 1893. The Black Maria, the worlds first motion picture studio erected in 1893, on the grounds of Thomas A. Edisons laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey

ALVA ERSKINE BELMONT (1853-1933). American socialist and womens rights advocate. Photograph, c1919

AD: PHONOGRAPH, 1901. American magazine advertisement for the Thomas A. Edison National Phonograph Company, 1901

Thomas Edison
circa 1925: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Line engraving, French, 19th century
EDISON: TELEPHONE. Line engraving, French, 19th century

Apparatus of the phonograph. Thomas A. Edisons phonograph. Line engraving, English, 1878
EDISON: PHONOGRAPH, 1878. Apparatus of the phonograph. Thomas A. Edisons phonograph. Line engraving, English, 1878

Thomas Alva Edisons loud speaking telephone. Line engraving, 1879
EDISON TELEPHONE, 1879. Thomas Alva Edisons loud speaking telephone. Line engraving, 1879

An Edison incandescent lightbulb. Wood engraving, late 19th century
EDISON LAMP, 19th CENTURY. An Edison incandescent lightbulb. Wood engraving, late 19th century

Patent drawing, dated 27 January 1880, for Thomas Alva Edisons electric lamp
EDISON ELECTRIC LAMP, 1880. Patent drawing, dated 27 January 1880, for Thomas Alva Edisons electric lamp

Patent drawing, 1893, of Thomas A. Edisons motion-picture projector
EDISON PROJECTOR, 1893. Patent drawing, 1893, of Thomas A. Edisons motion-picture projector

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"Thomas Alva Edison: The Brilliant Mind Behind the Phonograph" Step into the world of innovation and marvel at the genius of Thomas Alva Edison. Born in 1847, this American inventor revolutionized the way we live with his groundbreaking inventions. One of his most notable creations was the phonograph, a device that forever changed how we listen to music. In his West Orange laboratory, Edison tirelessly worked on perfecting his inventions. With his Edison Effect lamps illuminating the room, he delved into uncharted territories of science and technology. His dedication paid off when he successfully captured sound on a rotating cylinder, giving birth to the phonograph. Edison's passion for invention knew no bounds. In an oil-over-photograph image from 1880, we catch a glimpse of him surrounded by equipment in his laboratory. This line engraving showcases his determination and commitment to pushing boundaries. Even as a young man, Thomas Alva Edison displayed remarkable ingenuity and curiosity about the world around him. His thirst for knowledge propelled him towards greatness as he embarked on a journey that would change history forever. Not only did Edison leave an indelible mark in science and technology but also had connections with influential figures like Mrs O. H. P Belmont (Alva Vanderbilt). These associations further solidified his reputation as an innovator who captivated both ordinary people and high society alike. One cannot overlook another remarkable creation attributed to Thomas Alva Edison -the Phonoplex telegraph system invented by him. This invention showcased not only his versatility but also highlighted how he constantly sought new ways to improve communication systems. As time went on, portraits captured different facets of this extraordinary individual's life - be it through photographs or artistic renderings like Mora's depiction after meeting him personally. Each portrayal serves as a testament to Thomas Alva Edison's enduring legacy as one of history's greatest inventors.