See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google On July 31, 1790, President George Washington affixed his elegant signature to a single piece of parchment. The short ...

On December 7, 1877, Thomas Edison walked into the offices of Scientific American in New York City and placed a metal device on a desk. With a turn of a crank, Edison astonished the dozen or so ...

WHAT a surprise is in store for the children next Christmas if Mr. Edison's expectations are realised. Dolls that can say “papa” and “mamma,” will be quite at a discount and will bear much the same ...

Former Outagamie County HR director Adam Westbrook asked a federal judge to reconsider allowing him to withdraw a guilty plea to child pornography distribution. Prosecutors say there is no basis for ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Technology and entertainment in ...

You sent photos and celebrity antiques appraiser Dr. Lori studied them. See how much this phonograph, McDonald’s mug, fly cigar cutter are worth. Are they over or under $50? What the US strike on ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a stock certificate for 50 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This example of an Edison talking ...

When Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, he gave the world its first device that could both record and replay sound. A vibrating diaphragm pressed a stylus into soft wax, carving microscopic ...

News got about last week that Thomas Alva Edison had invented a phonograph record that will play 40 minutes. In West Orange, N. J., Mr. Edison verified the report. The record, which has 450 music ...