Thomas A. Edison, Inc. a long playing record in 1926 did not succeed. In 1928 the company finally moved into radio with the purchase of the Splitdorf Radio Corp. On 1 November 1929 Edison halted production of records apart from dictation records made by the Voicewriter division. In the late 1920s the "Edicraft" line of high-quality consumer appliances was developed at the laboratory and manufactured by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Production of appliances was discontinued in 1934 due to lack of demand for luxury goods during the Great Depression. Max McGraw, founder and president of McGraw Electric, had always been an admirer of Thomas
Charles Edison keeping with Edison's request to drop his name after 20 years of use. In 1924, Edison joined the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was assigned national member number 39,292 and state society number 2,894. Charles Edison died on July 31, 1969 in New York City, three days shy of his 79th birthday. He is buried in Rosedale Cemetery in Orange, New Jersey. Charles Edison Charles Edison, (August 3, 1890 – July 31, 1969) was a son of Thomas Edison and Mina Miller Edison. Commonly known as "Lord Edison", he was a businessman, inventor and