First Public Demonstration of Incandescent Lighting, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1879 (Photograph of Painting)

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

31 December 1879

Creators

Bacon, Irving R. (Irving Reuben), 1875-1962 

Creator Notes

Photograph of a 1930s painting by Irving R. Bacon depicting an 1879 event.

Keywords

United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park 

Photographic prints 

Photographs 

Demonstrations (Presentation events) 

Electric lamps (Lighting device forms) 

Electric lighting 

Incandescent lamps (Lighting device components) 

Laboratories 

Paintings (Visual works) 

Research facilities 

Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 

Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.) 

Menlo Park Library 

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

Object ID

64.167.833.P.57411

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 11 in