Oriental Hotel on Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, New York, Site of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's First Meeting in 1896
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Henry Ford attended the 1896 convention of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, held at the Oriental Hotel on Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, New York. During a banquet, Ford had a personal encounter with his boyhood hero, Thomas Edison -- a brief but encouraging landmark in the ambitious engineer's life.
Henry Ford attended the 1896 convention of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, held at the Oriental Hotel on Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, New York. During a banquet, Ford had a personal encounter with his boyhood hero, Thomas Edison -- a brief but encouraging landmark in the ambitious engineer's life.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1896
Keywords
United States, New York, New York, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.26236
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.438 in
Width: 10.125 in
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