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Recent Event Highlights: Mina Miller Edison, Edison and Ford Signatures, and 3 more...

Created by chqdaily2 on Aug 22, 2012

Last updated: 08/22/12 at 04:55 PM

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• Death
  Oct 18, 1931

• Mina Miller Edison
  1930

  Mina Miller Edison at the Amphitheater podium. She is intoducing Edward Howard Griggs, the lecturer on American civic citizenship for the week of 28 July to 1 August.

• Edison and Ford Signatures
  Jul 24, 1929

  The signatures of Edison and Ford on a document that reads: Chautauqua, New York. July 24, 1929 We Unite in Sending our Best Wishes to the Student Body of the North Tonawanda High School. Thomas A. Edison/ Henry Ford

• Anniversary Event
  1929

  Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison, Nancy Miller [Arnn], and Adolf Ochs, all present for the 100th birthday of Lewis Miller and the 50th anniversary of the light bulb.

• Edison and Ford in Miller Garden
  1929

  Thomas Edison and Henry Ford seated in the yard of the Miller cottage at Chautauqua.

• Edison Broadcast from Garden
  1929

  Thomas Edison seated on a bench in the garden behind the Miller Cottage. A microphone is set up to record his broadcast. On his left is Henry Ford.

• Edison and Bestor
  1926

  Thomas Edison and Arthur Bestor, holding their sun hats as they walk accompanied by children.