Thomas Edison at His Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, 1898

Summary

This photograph shows inventor Thomas Alva Edison at work in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here 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.

This photograph shows inventor Thomas Alva Edison at work in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here 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

Date Made

05 November 1929

Subject Date

1898

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1630.P.188.1349

Credit

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

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in

Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

on front: THOMAS A EDISON / Copyright 1905 By / IRVING UNDERHILL, New York / B 7065 Handprinted in pencil on back side: Edison in his ore-concentrating works at / Edison, Sussex County, New Jersey. 1897 / {from Exhibit label} Handwritten under linen: 1349 / R / Edison book

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