Mrs. Jordan's Boarding House, Menlo Park, N.J.--September 1879
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The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
September 1879
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2860
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: 7.563 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
front, at top: MRS JORDAN'S BOARDING HOUSE Menlo Park, N.J. ~ September 1879 front, bottom of photograph: 1-Aleck Mungle, 2-Anton Westerdall, 3-Lawson, 4-Wm J. Hammer, 5-Mrs. Jordan's Daughter, 6-Mrs. Jordan, 7-Wm. Holzer, 8-Frank Holzer, 9-Mr. Mills, 10-Dave Hickman, 11-Thos. Edison Jr., 12-thomas Logan, 13-Aleck Campbell verso: note: electric street light in front & larger trees. Electric street light put in Dec. 1879.
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