Thomas Edison in Laboratory, circa 1926

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Artifact Overview

Inventor Thomas Alva Edison works 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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1926

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.188.9727

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 6 in