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EDISON, THOMAS. 1847-1931.
Photograph Signed ("Thos A Edison"), gelatin silver print portrait of a mature Edison in his laboratory,

5 November 2020, 10:00 PST
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EDISON, THOMAS. 1847-1931.

Photograph Signed ("Thos A Edison"), gelatin silver print portrait of a mature Edison in his laboratory, 8 1/2 by 6 5/8 inches, mounted to 11 7/8 by 9 7/8 inches, inscribed on the mount to Alva Ott, very fine.
Provenance: sold Profiles in History, Sale 25, July 28, 2006, Lot 1.

Alva Ott is likely either the wife or child of Fred Ott, an Edison lab employee who is best remembered for having starred in two of Edison's earliest surviving motion pictures, Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze and Fred Ott Holding a Bird, both filmed in 1894.

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