Panorama of Menlo Park Compound Construction Site, Greenfield Village, February 18, 1929
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In 1928, Henry Ford commissioned a painstaking reconstruction of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory for Greenfield Village. Researchers referenced photographs and reminiscences from Edison's early employees, and crews incorporated salvaged materials and original structures from the laboratory's long-abandoned New Jersey site. Construction was completed by October 1929, when Ford dedicated his museum and village as the Edison Institute of Technology.
In 1928, Henry Ford commissioned a painstaking reconstruction of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory for Greenfield Village. Researchers referenced photographs and reminiscences from Edison's early employees, and crews incorporated salvaged materials and original structures from the laboratory's long-abandoned New Jersey site. Construction was completed by October 1929, when Ford dedicated his museum and village as the Edison Institute of Technology.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
18 February 1929
Subject Date
18 February 1929
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.ECP.111
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Width: 19.875 in
Height: 7.375 in
Inscriptions
Inscribed by photographer in lower right corner of image: 2-18-29
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