The Allen Koenigsberg Phonograph Collection
Lot 3430:
Description
This original silver gelatin photographic print captures famed inventor Thomas Edison standing before a commemorative bronze plaque mounted on a massive granite boulder monument, almost certainly depicting the May 1925 or related late-1920s Menlo Park laboratory monument dedication in New Jersey. Handled from a veteran appraiser’s perspective, this image offers an incredible encapsulation of late-1920s Americana, showcasing Edison shaking hands with a distinguished official in front of a dense,sprawling crowd, a grandstand of dignitaries, an official color guard presenting American flags, and a uniform contingent of Boy Scouts. The photo remains physically affixed to its original high-acid black paper scrapbook or album page backing, which retains a faint handwritten notation reading “c1928″ on the left margin. Objectively, the photo is in fair condition, severely compromised by a large, jagged, irregular tear cutting all the way through the lower right quadrant of the print, accomnied by notable edge wear, chipping, minor surface scuffs, and heavy fracturing and structural loss along the borders of the brittle black backing sheet. H 8.5″, W 9.75″, D 0.1”. See photos. From the Allen Koenigsberg Collection
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