Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory Dedication in Greenfield Village, September 27 1928
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Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.
Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
27 September 1928
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Relocated buildings and structures
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.1921
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in
Width: 6.75 in
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