Illustration, "Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in the Winter of 1879"
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When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew, so did the complex. This illustration depicts Menlo Park in winter 1879, when Edison first demonstrated his experimental lighting system.
When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew, so did the complex. This illustration depicts Menlo Park in winter 1879, when Edison first demonstrated his experimental lighting system.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1879
Creators
Keywords
United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.4185
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 9.5 in
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