Located a few blocks northeast of historic Milan Square, the house was built by Edison’s father in the early 1840s. Though Samuel Edison was in the lumber and shingle business, the house was ...

With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world. Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera ...

It’s the Month of Giving and the epic game show “Jeopardy!” will gift Hagley Museum in Wilmington some new fans when it airs on an episode on Thursday, Dec. 8. All eyes will be on Hagley on Thursday ...

According to experts, Edison’s most important invention wasn’t patentable, but it could benefit modern-day banks and insurers trying to reinvent their digital capabilities. Thomas Edison is one of ...

On Feb. 24, 1926, 79-year-old Thomas Alva Edison stepped up to the plate at the Philadelphia Athletics' spring training camp in Fort Myers and, after missing his first swing, rapped a major-league ...

Lewis Howard Latimer worked for Thomas Edison and drew patent diagrams for Alexander Graham Bell. A museum in Queens displays his work. By James Barron The Queens home of the Black inventor who ...

From the star that shines atop the iconic Rockefeller Center tree to the dazzling, multicolored bulbs strung on houses, storefronts and public squares around the world, Christmas lights brighten ...

Granville T. Woods was one of the most prolific Black inventors in the 19th century. In the 1880s, Thomas Edison sued Woods twice, claiming he'd first invented a telegraph for trains. Woods' ...

Tara Isabella Burton - Author, Self-Made: Creating Our Identities From da Vinci to the Kardashians Thomas Edison told journalists they would each receive a brief, private demonstration of the new ...

Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...