Pipe Organ in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, October 26, 1929
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The Roosevelt Organ Company presented a pipe organ to Thomas Edison in 1878. Edison and his workers used it to conduct sound experiments and for entertainment during work breaks. The original organ was destroyed in a fire in 1914. Henry Ford had this replica made in 1929 as part of the detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village.
The Roosevelt Organ Company presented a pipe organ to Thomas Edison in 1878. Edison and his workers used it to conduct sound experiments and for entertainment during work breaks. The original organ was destroyed in a fire in 1914. Henry Ford had this replica made in 1929 as part of the detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
26 October 1929
Subject Date
26 October 1929
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department
Creator Notes
Probably taken by Ford Motor Company Engineering Photographic Department.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.7
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: 11 in
Width: 7.438 in
Inscriptions
Inscribed into image, lower left corner: 10-26-29
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