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\nSociete Industrielle des Telephones
\n25 Rue du 4 Septembre
\nParis, France
\nI beg to advise you that I no longer make Telephone Lamp Black. It was made by cutting a V in the wick of a Kerosene Lamp and allowing the corners to smoke on each side of the Lamp [illegible text] and it was then pressed in a mould.
\nYours truly
\nThos. A. Edison
\nR
\n
\nMay 24 98
\nMrs [S. M.?] Tasker
\n8 Langdon Street
\nPortsmouth, [N. H.?]
\nMadam:-
\nIn reply to your favor of the 20th inst, I beg to state that I have worked on an [international?] but had [illegible text] with it,
\nYours truly
\nThos. A. Edison
\nR"},{"label":"Author","value":"Edison, Thomas Alva"},{"label":"Recipient","value":"Societe Industrielle des Telephones"},{"label":"Date","value":"1898-05-24"},{"label":"Type","value":"Letter"},{"label":"Subject","value":["Carbon, coal, glass, ceramics","Telephone"]},{"label":"Folder/Volume ID","value":"LB063-F"},{"label":"Microfilm ID","value":"143:941"},{"label":"Document ID","value":"LB063166"},{"label":"URL","value":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB063166"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Thomas Edison National Historical Park"},{"label":"Publisher","value":"Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University"},{"label":"Timestamp","value":"24 May 1898"},{"label":"Has Version","value":"Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 143"}],"sequences":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB063166/sequence/normal","@type":"sc:Sequence","label":"Current Page Order","viewingDirection":"left-to-right","canvases":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB063166/canvas/p1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"1","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/files/medium/LB063166/fm0933.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":855,"height":1073},"width":855,"height":1073,"images":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB063166/annotation/p0001-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/266477/full/855,1073/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":855,"height":1073,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/266477","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB063166/canvas/p1"}],"metadata":[{"label":"transcription","value":"May 24 98
\nSociete Industrielle des Telephones
\n25 Rue du 4 Septembre
\nParis, France
\nI beg to advise you that I no longer make Telephone Lamp Black. It was made by cutting a V in the wick of a Kerosene Lamp and allowing the corners to smoke on each side of the Lamp [illegible text] and it was then pressed in a mould.
\nYours truly
\nThos. A. Edison
\nR
\n
\nMay 24 98
\nMrs [S. M.?] Tasker
\n8 Langdon Street
\nPortsmouth, [N. H.?]
\nMadam:-
\nIn reply to your favor of the 20th inst, I beg to state that I have worked on an [international?] but had [illegible text] with it,
\nYours truly
\nThos. A. Edison
\nR"}]}]}]}