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Everyday Mysteries: Who Invented Electric Christmas Lights? URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/christmaslights.html Description: This essay explores the invention of electric Christmas lights, noting that "[w]hile Thomas Edison and Edward H. Johnson may have been the first to create electric strands of light in 1880/1882, it was Albert Sadacca who saw a future in selling electric Christmas lights [in 1917]." Includes historic images and links to related websites. From Science Reference Services, Library of Congress. LII Topics: Christmas, Decorating & Safety, Inventions & Inventors, Technology Publisher: Library of Congress (LOC) LII Database Information: Record 27106 created by Jennifer English on 11/04/2008 Last modification on 11/07/2008 Published: 11/27/2008 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27106 |
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