DescriptionOn December 10, 1889, Mr. V. H. Emerson of Newark, New Jersey, an "electrician of long experience," demonstrated Thomas A. Edison's phonograph to the greater public of Hightstown, New Jersey. The...
DescriptionIn February 1872, Washington Augustus Roebling looked on as a caisson for the New York and Brooklyn Bridge (later known as the East River Bridge and subsequently the Brooklyn Bridge for short) was...
DescriptionIn August 1937, the Edison Business Phonograph, later known as the Ediphone Voice Writing or "Ediphone" for short, celebrated its Diamond Jubilee on the occasion of its 60th Anniversary. The...
DescriptionEstablished in 1885, Fralinger's is located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, serving the NJ/PA/NY commuter crowds that travel to the Jersey Shore each summer. Fralinger's is the largest manufacturer of...
DescriptionEdison cautery batteries were specially designed to meet the large and increasing demand of physicians and surgeons for a reliable battery capable of furnishing a very heavy current for cautery work. ...
DescriptionBorn May 2, 1773 in North Branch, New Jersey, James Ten Eyck passed his days as a farmer in Somerset County. As a farmer, Ten Eyck understood the importance of farm machinery, which led Ten Eyck to...
DescriptionIn the late 1870s, Peter Stillwell, Agent for Monmouth County, Marlboro, New Jersey for Marshall & Websters commissioned a broadside of Excelsior Feed for horses and cattle. Within the advertisement,...
DescriptionCirca 1848 broadside of Hall’s Brick Machine. In it, Hall claims his machine has produced three hundred million bricks in the last five months. The Brick Machine was on exhibit during the Fair at...
DescriptionMatsukata Kōjirō son of Count Matsukata, entered Rutgers College in 1885 through the Rutgers College Grammar School. While at Rutgers College, he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and a...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
