Illustration, "Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in the Winter of 1879"

Summary

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. This illustration depicts Menlo Park in winter 1879, when Edison first demonstrated his experimental lighting system.

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. This illustration depicts Menlo Park in winter 1879, when Edison first demonstrated his experimental lighting system.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1879

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.4185

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7 in

Width: 9.5 in

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