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Thomas A. Edison, 1916
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Description
Portrait of Thomas Edison. Original caption: "Thomas Alva Edison, the world's foremost inventor, [the following is crossed out] is a patron of the $100,000." Used in: Boston Traveler, March 6 1962. Another stamp reads "April 7 1931." Original credit line: Walter Scott Shinn.
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Shinn, Walter Scott
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