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Karl Taylor Compton, Elihu Thompson and Joseph Buell Ely with inventions, 1933

Object summary

Title
Karl Taylor Compton, Elihu Thompson and Joseph Buell Ely with inventions, 1933
Object ID
GCP-00000558
Date made
1933-03-29
Place made

United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT

Object type
Photograph
Major collection
MIT History
Named collection
Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view
No
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Description

Elihu Thomson displays two of his early inventions at MIT dinner with Karl Taylor Compton and Joseph Buell Ely. Stamp on verso reads "M. I. T. Historical Collections, Photographer Hill, Date Received Oct 8 1974".

Original Caption: "3-29-33 Thomson Dinner at MIT L to R. Gov. Ely - Elihu Thomson, Karl Compton and First dynamo made when Thomson was 20 yrs. old + wine bottle frictional machine made when Thomson was 11 years old".

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