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On this day, Thomas Edison’s daughter Madeleine married John Eyre Sloane at Glenmont. Edison and Mina watched from the lawn — a quiet family moment captured in time.

“My desire is to do everything within my power to free people from drudgery and create the largest measure of happiness and prosperity.” Thomas Edison

He spent his life shaping how the world would see—and hear—the future. But Thomas Edison, mostly deaf since childhood, never experienced it the way most people do. When sound finally came to film, he was 84. They asked what he thought of it. He said: “I don’t know. I never

The “Insomnia Squad”: Edison’s core team, fueled by ideas and very little sleep.

“The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.” Thomas A Edison

Edison in pajamas at home, listening to the very invention that kept him up at night.

A few of our favorite Edison reads—if you’re ever in the mood for a good deep dive. Not all of these books agree with each other, which makes them even more interesting. Some focus on the inventions, others on the man himself. One’s full of lab photos, another digs into the more

Today we celebrate the birthday of Helen Keller — author, activist, and friend to Thomas Edison. She once gifted Edison a photo with this handwritten note: “Not loudness but love sounds in your ear, my friend.” A quiet but powerful message from one visionary to another.

Critics said Edison didn’t do it alone. They were right. Some people criticize Edison for relying on a team. But like any modern lab or startup, it only worked because he didn’t do it alone. In 1887, Edison brought 70+ people to West Orange—from glassblowers to blacksmiths,

Annie Oakley met Thomas Edison and made film history in just 10 seconds. In 1894, the world’s fastest sharpshooter stepped into Edison’s Black Maria studio—his experimental film lab...and gave a performance built for the new era of motion pictures. Edison wanted to know if his

Thomas Edison spent one evening in 1878 writing 52 letters. That morning, his assistant had already answered 23. Another day that month, the lab received 103...most from people he didn’t know. The phonograph had just made its public debut. 🎵 The machine talked, and suddenly,

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Edison

Edison returning from Europe, greeted by the team that kept the lab running while he was gone.

Thomas Edison didn’t get his best ideas at a desk... He got them while almost asleep. 😴 He used a technique called hypnagogia, the brief state between being awake and asleep, because he believed that’s when the brain was most creative. To access it, he’d sit in a chair