Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor of the telephone, who was featured on the ten cent postage stamp.

Learn brief information concerning Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph, who was featured on the two cent postage stamp.

The National Postal Service provides brief biographical details on Booker T. Washington, black educator involved with the Tuskegee Institute. He was featured on the United States Postage ten cent stamp.

View the artwork of Jerry Pickney honoring Benjamin Banneker on a stamp. Banneker predicted a solar eclipse, published farmers almanacs, and was famous for many more things.

(1847-1931) Famous American inventor.

This is a black and white photo of a famous American inventor named Thomas Edison. His many inventions included the practical electric light bulb and phonograph (a device used to play recorded sound).

(1732-1799) Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a watch-maker, inventor, musician, politician, invalid, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms-dealer, and revolutionary for both the French and American. He was famous for his theatrical...