Thomas Edison Frame Color:Brown and the crowd was as

and the crowd was as big as Fifth Avenue could hold

He instantly assumed a position of a soldier and challenged: "Do I look it

The woman in front leads with a baby and carriage while others dress in white

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

it ran on the front page of the paper

Thomas Edison Frame Color:Brown and the crowd was asThomas 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