Thomas Edison with His Laboratory Assistants, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880

THF116856 / Thomas Edison with His Laboratory Assistants, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1880

Collection Title

Thomas A. Edison Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1630.P.O.14259

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: 6.5 in
Width: 9 in

Inscriptions

caption glued to back: Edison with his assistants, mechanicians and others. Top row from the left: John W. Lawson, [?], [?], Ludwig K. Boehm, Charles Batchelor, Francis Jehl, Francis R. Upton, Dr. A. Haid. Second row: [?], David Cunningham, Thomas A. Edison, Frank McLaughlin, Tom Logan. Third row: John R. Randolph, Charles Flammer, George Dean, George E. Carman, John F. Ott, James Seymour, John F. Kelly, Bottom row: Alfrid Swanson, Martin N. Force, Stockton L. Griffin, Milo Andrus.

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Group portraits Photographic prints Photographs Assistants Inventors Laboratories Research facilities Original sites Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Randolph, John F. Lawson, John W. Flammer, Charles Dean, George Swanson, Alfrid Cunningham, David Carman, George E. Force, Martin N. Griffin, Stockton L. Ott, John, 1850-1931 McLaughlin, Frank Boehm, Ludwig K. Batchelor, Charles, 1845-1910 Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 Upton, Francis Robbins, 1852-1921 Kelly, John F. Andrus, Milo Seymour, James Logan, Thomas Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

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