On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

At Menlo Park Edison led a comprehensive survey of filament materials, selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. Adapted for the internet from “Thomas Edison, Chemist” ...

This video explores the creation of the first light bulbs invented by Thomas Edison and ... touches on the rumors about Edison electrocuting animals, clarifying his connection to Harold Brown.

Fronted by a luxurious mustache, this loyal lieutenant to Thomas Edison was the ... street-side window of his parlor, Johnson hand-wired 80 red, white and blue light bulbs and strung them together ...

In the fall of 1922, a film crew came to West Orange, New Jersey to document Thomas Edison ... for producing one of his most famous inventions: his incandescent light bulb.