Light's Golden Jubilee

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On October 21, 1929, Henry Ford hosted Light's Golden Jubilee. The event celebrated the 50th anniversary of Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp. It also served as the official dedication of The Edison Institute of Technology (Ford's village and museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan) to his dear friend, Thomas Edison.

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Detroit Free Press Front Page," World's Tribute to Edison Voiced by Hoover," 1929

Photographic print

Light's Golden Jubilee was huge. Henry Ford would go all-out as he planned the elaborate celebration in honor of his hero and friend, Thomas Edison. It was an event worthy of national media attention--as well as the presence of the President of the United States, Herbert Hoover. Many who followed the story in newspapers and on the radio remembered a world before electric lights--one lit by candles, kerosene lamps, and gaslight.