Spencer Tracy, Preparing for "Edison, the Man," with Henry Ford in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, October 27, 1939
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The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
27 October 1939
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Created by the Ford Motor Company's Engineering Photographic Department
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Motion pictures (Visual works)
Edison, the man (Motion picture)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.26209
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil, center of back: 26029 [this is an error, the correct number is 26209]
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