On View
Not on viewTinfoil
Terms
- Tinfoil
Dimensions8.89 × 15.88 cm (3 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. J.H. Marrs
Object numberM2099
DescriptionLoose sheets of tin foil stored in a yellowing envelope. Handwritten in ink on envelope: "Tin Foil Used in the / first - Thomas A. Edison / Phonograph at the Old / South Meeting House Washington / Street -- Corner Milk St., Boston, Mass". Written in pencil beneath ink: "Early 80's".
Object number: 2010.37.9
January 14, 1779
Object number: B1120A.1
Cummings E. (Elothan) Davis
September-July 5, 1856
Object number: M2099A
Object number: PER2194.1.2