Early Works Museum

Great American Series: Meet Thomas Edison
September 23 - 25, 2009
"Anyone can become an inventor, all it takes is common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-ive-ness!"
Meet Mr. Edison as he tells tales of his days as a "newpaper butcher" and tramp telegrapher. Discover the inital and continuing influence his inventions had on our world. Inventions such as an electrical lighting system, the phonograph and moving pictures. Send your own telegraph messages and play with a phen thistascope, the forerunner of the moving picture.