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This Stone Marks the End of the Santa Fe Trail 1822 - 1879

    Thomas Edison Stone Lantern

    IN ORDER TO EXPRESS FOREVER THE APPRECIATIO) OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE OF THE SERVICES DONE BY THE LATE THOMAS ALVA EDISON FOR THE WELFARE OF MANKIND WE RESPECTFULLY PRESENT HEREWITH A STONE LANTERN...

    IN ORDER TO EXPRESS FOREVER THE APPRECIATIO) OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE OF THE SERVICES DONE BY THE LATE THOMAS ALVA EDISON FOR THE WELFARE OF MANKIND WE RESPECTFULLY PRESENT HEREWITH A STONE...

    • new jersey
    • orange
    • west orange
    • thomas edison
    • japan
    • kentaro kaneko
    • 1935