Thomas Edison with His Laboratory Assistants, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1880

Keywords

United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park 

Group portraits 

Photographic prints 

Photographs 

Assistants 

Inventors 

Laboratories 

Research facilities 

Original sites 

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

Randolph, John F. 

Lawson, John W. 

Flammer, Charles 

Dean, George 

Swanson, Alfrid 

Cunningham, David 

Carman, George E. 

Force, Martin N. 

Griffin, Stockton L. 

Ott, John, 1850-1931 

McLaughlin, Frank 

Boehm, Ludwig K. 

Batchelor, Charles, 1845-1910 

Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 

Upton, Francis Robbins, 1852-1921 

Kelly, John F. 

Andrus, Milo 

Seymour, James 

Logan, Thomas 

Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.) 

Collection Title

Thomas A. Edison Collection 

Object ID

84.1.1630.P.O.14259

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: 6.5 in

Width: 9 in

Inscriptions

caption glued to back: Edison with his assistants, mechanicians and others. Top row from the left: John W. Lawson, [?], [?], Ludwig K. Boehm, Charles Batchelor, Francis Jehl, Francis R. Upton, Dr. A. Haid. Second row: [?], David Cunningham, Thomas A. Edison, Frank McLaughlin, Tom Logan. Third row: John R. Randolph, Charles Flammer, George Dean, George E. Carman, John F. Ott, James Seymour, John F. Kelly, Bottom row: Alfrid Swanson, Martin N. Force, Stockton L. Griffin, Milo Andrus.