Sarah Jordan and Others on the Porch of Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880

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Artifact Overview

The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

March 1965

Subject Date

1880

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2825

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11 in

Sarah Jordan and Others on the Porch of Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880