Guests Watch a High-Wheel Bicycle Rider outside Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, October 21, 1929
THF139197 / Guests Watch a High-Wheel Bicycle Rider outside Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, October 21, 1929
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Artifact Overview
On October 21, 1929, Henry Ford hosted an event, Light's Golden Jubilee, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Thomas Edison's invention of a practical incandescent lamp. After a morning reception, guests could view the historical buildings Ford had gathered for Greenfield Village, his outdoor museum. The day was a rainy mess, but this did not dampen his guests' enthusiasm as they went from building to building.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
October 1929
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.4171
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Photographic materials
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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ArtifactSarah Jordan Boarding House
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.