Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1912-1913

THF236688 / Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1912-1913

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1912-1913

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

P.O.19679

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.438 in
Width: 10.938 in

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Photographic prints Photographs Exterior views Research facilities Laboratories Original sites Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.) Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Artifact
Menlo Park Laboratory
When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.