Written on back with blue felt-tip pen – Joseph Wilson Swan
Photo of print used for exhibition purposes – historical persons in the development of electricity & electrical engineering. Possibly reproduced by Mr J.F. Bryce.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (b.1828 – d.1914) {sketch} 1 B&W photo print (large)
1860 produced crude carbon filament electric incandescent lamp (light bulb). 1871 invented the dry photographic plate. 1879 patented Bromide Paper. 1880 both Swan & Edison produce a practical light bulb. 1904 knighted. The sketch shows him with electric incandescent lamp.
Photo of print used for exhibition purposes – historical persons in the development of electricity & electrical engineering. Possibly reproduced by Mr J.F. Bryce.
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
