The Phonograph and Thomas Edison

A black and white image of a young Thomas Edison, seated in a suit, with a hand on his phonograph machine, which sits on a table with a tablecloth.

The Phonograph and Thomas Edison | Credit: Edison, Thomas. , None. [Between 1870 and 1880] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017893348/.

Related Lessons

lesson:
The Gilded Age featuring the Phonograph

Grades: High

Subjects: Social Studies/History

How does the invention of the phonograph represent how the daily lives of Americans changed during the Gilded Age?