Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory Dedication in Greenfield Village, September 27 1928

Summary

Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.

Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

27 September 1928

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.1923

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.75 in

Width: 6.75 in

Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory

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