"First Public Demonstration of Incandescent Lighting by Thomas A. Edison, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1879"

THF236642 / "First Public Demonstration of Incandescent Lighting by Thomas A. Edison, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1879"
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

February 1959

Subject Date

31 December 1879

Creator Notes

Painting by Irving R. Bacon, circa 1933, photographed by Henry Ford Museum, February 1959.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.B.20726

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: 10 in
Width: 8 in

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