"Thomas Edison and His Principal Assistants at Menlo Park," 1878
THF111745 / "Thomas Edison and His Principal Assistants at Menlo Park," 1878
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Artifact Overview
The names of "star" designers might lodge in our minds, just as the names of innovators like Thomas Edison do. But while the essential vision for a design might arise from an individual, it is typically collaboration that drives design ideas through to results. At the Menlo Park laboratory many experimenters undertook the research that made Edison's vision a reality.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1878
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1630.P.188.9408
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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ArtifactMenlo Park Laboratory
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, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.