Thomas Edison photograph signed and inscribed to Marie Curie...

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Thomas Edison photograph signed and inscribed to Marie Curie Exceptional photograph signed ("Thos. A. Edison"), a 7 x 10 in. (178 x 254 mm.) head & shoulders portrait (by Walter Scott Shinn, N.Y.) of the aged inventor wearing a three-piece suit with bow tie. Inscribed beneath his image on the wide margin of the photograph, To Mme. Marie Curie Thos. A. Edison. In very fine condition. Thomas Edison inscribes a photograph to pioneering physicist/chemist Marie Curie. By the 1920s Edison was internationally revered. However, even though he was personally acquainted with scores of very important people of his era, he cultivated very few close friendships. And due to the continuing demands of his career, there were still relatively long periods when he spent a shockingly small amount of time with his family. It wasn't until his health began to fail, in the late 1920s, that Edison finally began to slow down and enjoy life as best he could. Up until obtaining his last patent (1,093rd) at age 83, he worked mostly at home where, though increasingly frail, he enjoyed greeting former associates and famous people such as Charles Lindberg, Marie Curie, Henry Ford, and President Herbert Hoover, etc. He also enjoyed reading the mail of admirers and puttering around, when able, in his office and home laboratory.