Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
Edison honored at Amp |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Catalog Number |
2005.05.05.b |
Description |
Edison honored at Amp. 1929/07/24. B&W print photo, 5 x 7", showing the crowd gathered and stage presentation in the Amphitheater for the Lewis Miller Centennial and the Golden Jubilee of Light. Notation on back: July 24, 1929/ All of the distinguished guests who had come for the Lewis Miller Centennial and the Golden Jubilee of Light are shown on the platform with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Following the Addresses and Chautauqua Salutes, Henry Ford pressed the button that lit the electric display which led from the Amphitheater to Miller Park./ Adolph S. Ochs -- pub. N.Y. Times/ Dr. Elmer Sperry -- inventor of the Gyroscope/ Alvin Findley -- editor of _The Iron Age_/ Charles Edison -- given Chautauqua Salute/ Henry Ford -- Chautauqua Salute/ Children and Grandchildren of Lewis Miller given Chautauqua Salute/ 1929 |
Decade |
192 |
Collection |
Chautauqua Institution Photographic Collection |
Search Terms |
Ford, Henry Ford, Clara Jane Arnn, Nancy Miller Ochs, Adolph Sperry, Elmer Findey, Alvin Edison, Charles Centennial celebrations Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Orchestras Symphonies Crowds Audiences |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic (b&w) |
Classification |
People |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Print size |
5 x 7" |
Place |
Amphitheater |
Studio |
Unknown |
Copyright |
Public Domain |
Date |
1929/07/24 |

