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These archival photos show inventors with the machines and objects they helped make possible. Look closely at the hardware, from the cylinders and cranks of early sound recording to the test aircraft and television sets that looked very different from the versions we know today.

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Thomas Edison With His Tinfoil Phonograph
Thomas Edison With His Tinfoil Phonograph: Thomas Edison, seated at right in both frames, poses with his tinfoil phonograph…
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Alexander Graham Bell Opens the New York–Chicago Telephone Line
Alexander Graham Bell Opens the New York–Chicago Telephone Line: Alexander Graham Bell holds a telephone receiver to his…
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The Wright Brothers and the First Powered Flight
The Wright Brothers and the First Powered Flight: Orville Wright lies at the controls while Wilbur runs alongside the…
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Guglielmo Marconi With His Early Wireless Apparatus
Guglielmo Marconi With His Early Wireless Apparatus: Guglielmo Marconi poses with a spark-gap transmitter and a receiver of…
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Garrett Morgan With His Safety Hood During the Cleveland Rescue
Garrett Morgan With His Safety Hood During the Cleveland Rescue: Garrett Morgan appears with his safety hood during the…
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Nikola Tesla Beside His Magnifying Transmitter
Nikola Tesla Beside His Magnifying Transmitter: Nikola Tesla sits in his Colorado Springs laboratory in this 1899 double…
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Igor Sikorsky at the Controls of the VS-300
Igor Sikorsky at the Controls of the VS-300: Igor Sikorsky sits at the controls of an intermediate version of his…
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Edwin Land With the Polaroid SX-70
Edwin Land With the Polaroid SX-70: Edwin Land holds a folding Polaroid SX-70 and a photograph. Introduced in 1972, the…
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Stephanie Kwolek With Kevlar Products
Stephanie Kwolek With Kevlar Products: Stephanie Kwolek pulls a strand of yellow Kevlar from a spool. The table holds…
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John Logie Baird With His Experimental Television Apparatus
John Logie Baird With His Experimental Television Apparatus: John Logie Baird stands beside his experimental color…
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Robert Goddard Beside His Liquid-Propellant Rocket
Robert Goddard Beside His Liquid-Propellant Rocket: Esther Goddard photographed Robert Goddard beside his liquid-propellant…
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László Bíró With His Ballpoint Pen
László Bíró With His Ballpoint Pen: László Bíró holds a ballpoint pen in this archival portrait. He developed a practical…
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Chester Carlson With Early Xerographic Equipment
Chester Carlson With Early Xerographic Equipment: Chester Carlson holds a metal cover above an early xerographic apparatus…
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Patsy Sherman Demonstrating Scotchgard
Patsy Sherman Demonstrating Scotchgard: Patsy Sherman demonstrates Scotchgard on a shoe in 1988. She developed the fabric…
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Lonnie Johnson With His Super Soaker Prototype
Lonnie Johnson With His Super Soaker Prototype: Lonnie Johnson holds an early prototype of the Super Soaker. Its improvised…

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