Thomas Edison at His Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, 1898
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This photograph shows inventor Thomas Alva Edison at work in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
This photograph shows inventor Thomas Alva Edison at work in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
05 November 1929
Subject Date
1898
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1630.P.188.1349
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
on front: THOMAS A EDISON / Copyright 1905 By / IRVING UNDERHILL, New York / B 7065 Handprinted in pencil on back side: Edison in his ore-concentrating works at / Edison, Sussex County, New Jersey. 1897 / {from Exhibit label} Handwritten under linen: 1349 / R / Edison book
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