print email comment close Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html Description: This searcable and browsable site showcases the life and work of Thomas A. Edison, the "Wizard of Menlo Park," who patented 1,093 inventions, including the phonograph, the incandescent bulb, and some that became the basis for today's motion picture and sound recording industries. Features early motion pictures and sound recordings, photographs, a biography, and a timeline of significant events. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Extra Keywords notableinventors Library of Congress Subject Headings: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Inventors -- United States Motion pictures People Sound recordings LII Database Information: Record 7980 created by Norm Hutcherson on 10/26/2001 Last modification on 10/02/2004 Published: 10/26/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/7980