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Found 95 Stories
Film negatives of portrait of Elliot Sivowitch
Invention Stories

Sivowitch Law of Firsts

The invention process is seldom straightforward. People always seem to want to know who invented something first, but we don’t often have such definitive answers.

Young inventors at work in Spark!Lab.
Invention Stories

The Inventive Spirit, Alive and Well?

We are seeing American ingenuity and "can-do" attitude brought to us front and center in a host of reality TV shows, on not one, but several cable and public television networks.

A woman sits for a contemporary daguerreotype portrait in the Smithsonian Castle.
Beyond Words

Video Podcast: Inventing Early Photography

Mike Robinson demonstrates his contemporary process for creating daguerreotype portraits.

Jim Dooley
Beyond Words

Podcast: Innovation of Sound in Video Games

Jim Dooley talks about his process in composing music for modern video games. Also interviewed is Peter Berkman, lead songwriter from Anamanaguchi.

An original Kodak camera in the collections at the National Museum of American History
Invention Stories

This Kodak Moment

Though not unexpected, the news still came as a shock: on January 19, 2012, the 132-year-old Eastman Kodak company filed for bankruptcy protection against its creditors.

Ian Cheney speaks at the 2010 symposium, Food for Tomorrow
Beyond Words

Podcast: Documentary Filmmaker Ian Cheney Imagines a Future Food System

Cheney’s film and food project, Truck Farm, profiles inventive urban farmers.

A photo of Edgerton's lab at MIT
Places of Invention

MIT in World War II: A Hot Spot of Invention

Places of Invention tells the stories of historic and modern communities where people, resources, and spaces have come together to spark inventiveness.

Edgerton's aerial recon system.
Invention Stories

Seeing in the Dark: Aerial Reconnaissance in WWII

The General Electric Mazda FT-17 flash lamp was invented by Harold “Doc” Edgerton at MIT to take aerial reconnaissance photographs at night.

Ryan Lintelman
Beyond Words

Podcast: Ryan Lintelman Traces the Roots of America’s Motion Picture Industry

In the 1880s, Thomas Edison and fellow inventors in West Orange, New Jersey, caused the American film industry to boom.

Dorothy's ruby slippers
Places of Invention

The Ruby Slippers: Inventing an American Icon

Intended to endure only for six months, the ruby slippers have exceeded their Hollywood origins and attained "star" status.

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
Archives

H. W. Stowell Papers, 1933-1983

Inventor Name Stowell, H.W.

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
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William Cheney Motion Picture Collection, ca. 1920-1970

Inventor Name Cheney, William Repository Oregon Historical SocietyResearch Library1200 SW Park AvenuePortland, Oregon 97205503-306-5240 Physical Description 31 film reels : silent, b&w; and color ; 16 mm.

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
Archives

Melvin Hedine Papers, 1930-1972

Inventor Name Hedine, Melvin

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
Archives

Connon Family Fonds, ca. 1833-1931

Inventor Name Connon, John R. Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3416-327-1600www.archives.gov.on.ca

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
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Louis E. and Max Levy Photograph Album, ca. 1886-1893

Inventor Name Levy, Louis and Max

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
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Harry Tubis Collection, Brock & Weymouth, Inc., Graphic Materials, 1915-1930

Inventor Name Brock, Arthur J. and Norman

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Archives

Burton S. Moore Fonds, ca. 1919-1929

Inventor Name Moore, Burton S.

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
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Trifon Fedoruk Collection, 1913-1920

Inventor Name Fedoruk, Trifon Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

Logo for the Modern Inventors Documentation database, showing a stylized head with words like creativity and innovation written on different parts of the brain
Archives

Pietro Lazzari Papers, 1878-1998

Inventor Name Lazzari, Pietro Repository Reference DepartmentArchives of American ArtSmithsonian InstitutionWashington. D.C. 20560202-275-1961http://www.aaa.si.edu/

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Archives

Ralph H. Baer Papers, 1943-2006

Inventor Name Baer, Ralph Repository Archives CenterNational Museum of American HistorySmithsonian InstitutionWashington, D.C.202-633-3270http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

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