Thomas Edison in West Orange Laboratory, 1925
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Inventor Thomas Alva Edison poses in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory where he directed teams of research assistants 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.
Inventor Thomas Alva Edison poses in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory where he directed teams of research assistants 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
Subject Date
1925
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1630.P.188.9597
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6 in
Width: 4 in
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