Daguerreotype Portrait of Thomas Edison in the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio, 1930

THF247555 / Daguerreotype Portrait of Thomas Edison in the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio, 1930
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

04 December 1930

Creator Notes

Original photography by Charles Tremear.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2126

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.188 in
Width: 10.000 in

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