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Black and white photograph of (from left) Charles Edison, Mina Miller Edison, Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., and Mrs. John E. Sloane reopening Thomas Edison's rolltop desk as part of commemoration ceremonies for his 100th birthday. Original caption: "(NY18) West Orange, N.J., Feb.8--Thomas Edison's Desk Reopened--Charles Edison (left), son of famed Inventor Thomas A. Edison, examines object found in the late inventor's rolltop desk here today as the desk was reopened as a preliminary to ceremonies attending the 100th anniversary of the birth of Edison on Feb.11. The desk was sealed the day of Edison's death. Looking on (left to right) are: Mrs. Edison, the inventor's widow; Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.; and Mrs. John E. Sloane, daughter of". Original credit line: Associated Press Photo.