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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 20 Dec 2017

    Ad for early electric Christmas tree lights, 1900:pic.twitter.com/rnfb6nFEoS

    9:43 PM - 20 Dec 2017
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      2. Rick Blaine‏ @dukeofearl222 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Ad for early electric chair, 1942 :pic.twitter.com/5W8ykmARFP

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      3. BradLeeMann‏ @BradLeeMann 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @dukeofearl222 @BeschlossDC

        A covertly sponsored Edison invention, aimed at disparaging Tesla's AC electric transmission. (The Chair uses AC, to supposedly illustrate "dangers.") Edison's ridiculous attempt at use of DC was a spectacular failure, & led to many, many accidental deaths, before AC prevailed.

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      4. Rick Blaine‏ @dukeofearl222 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BradLeeMann @BeschlossDC

        You sir, need to lighten up. Ha Ha Ha.

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      5. BradLeeMann‏ @BradLeeMann 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @dukeofearl222 @BeschlossDC

        😄😆😉 Yeah, Edison actually *lighted-up* animals, in early public demonstrations of "The Chair". Many horrific cases documented, when the condemned failed to die, even after repeated application of hi-voltage. Some even caught fire, in process.

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      1. dr_bombay  🍸 🍸‏ @dr_bombay 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Our house was built circa 1911… it’s crazy to think that our original owners may have considered RENTING their Christmas tree lights. O_O

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      2. Sue‏ @Pinkomomma 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I just checked the inflation rate. Those would cost almost $500 today!

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      1. Fletch‏ @theMangoTimes 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        To rent or purchase. No smoke, no smell, no grease! All these were marketable ideas. Crazy.

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      1. rdub‏ @rwpjr1960 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        And dads have been going crazy ever since trying to get them to work. :)

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      1. Cindy Corrello Hilke‏ @CindyCorrelloHi 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        There's a movie coming out in a few weeks called "The Current War" about Edison and Tesla - Benedict Cumberbatch (love him!) as Edison. Should be a good one!

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      1. Christopher Scott‏ @Mr_ChristopherS 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Still many, many fires.

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      1. TR‏ @tearose19037 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        first glance that ad looks like before and after pictures. People actually put candles on a Xmas tree?

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      1. jay jackson‏ @jaygramma 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @JoshMankiewicz

        I love these old ads...Merry Christmas Michael!

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      1. Peach  🍑 Pie‏ @IngramEpps 21 Dec 2017
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        Thank you

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      1. rrlse‏ @priusport 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Did Edison found General Electric?

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      1. ProJuggalo‏ @mcarson1383 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Notice how the burning Christmas tree has a doll house under it? The electric one doesn't.

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      1. michael mastroleo‏ @mastroleo123 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Anytime you think some tech is too sci-fi to be realistic, remember that 100 years ago we barely had electric light

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      1. saquin‏ @saquin 20 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Thinking of a tree with burning candles on branches makes me cringe. Yikes, what a tinderbox. Electric lights definitely a safety upgrade.

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