Employees on the Porch of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, Spring 1877

THF287287 / Employees on the Porch of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, Spring 1877

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1975

Subject Date

1877

Creators

Creator Notes

Modern photoprint by The Henry Ford from a Ford Motor Company copy negative made in 1934. Original photograph was taken Spring 1877 by an unidentified photographer.

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.11222

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: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Photographic prints Photographs Group portraits Employees Laboratories Picket fences Research facilities Scientists Workers Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

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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.