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Collections - articleJust Added to Our Digital Collections: Vagabonds Photos
We’ve just digitized dozens of photos of the elaborate camping trips of Vagabonds, a quartet including Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, businessman Harvey Firestone, and naturalist John Burroughs.
Collections - articleFive Questions with... Rich Sheridan, Entrepreneur in Residence
Get insights from Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations, and The Henry Ford's second Entrepreneur in Residence.
Collections - articleThomas Edison, Innovator and Beachcomber
We've just digitized shadowboxes filled with seashells collected by inventor Thomas Edison in Fort Myers, Florida.
Collections - articleInspiration in the Thomas Edison Time Cards
Take a look at time cards punched by American inventor Thomas Edison, showing 90-, 100-, and even 110-hour workweeks.
Collections - articleThomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory
Learn how Henry Ford rebuilt and recreated Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory on the grounds of Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Collections - articleJust Added to Our Digital Collections: Vagabonds China
We've just digitized the early 20th century Tudor Rose china used by the "Vagabonds"—friends Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs—on their wilderness camping trips.
Collections - articleLaser Beams Over Menlo Park
Learn the story — and see other-worldly pictures — of a fantastical 1989 laser light show at Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village.
Collections - articleThomas Edison: Inventor AND Chemist
This weekend, members of the American Chemical Society will be joining staff from The Henry Ford to designate Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village a National Historic Chemical Landmark.
Collections - articleAssociated with an Icon
We have just digitized over 50 images related to Greenfield Village's Edison homestead, the Canadian farmhouse owned by Thomas Edison’s grandparents, on its original site.
Collections - articleThomas Edison Goes Hollywood
How did Greenfield Village play a pivotal role in the production of two classic films about Thomas Edison?