Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Francis Jehl at Menlo Park Laboratory during Light's Golden Jubilee, October 1929
THF116467 / Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Francis Jehl at Menlo Park Laboratory during Light's Golden Jubilee, October 1929
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Artifact Overview
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford chose the occasion to dedicate Greenfield Village to his friend, Thomas Edison. During the festivities, Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the first successful light bulb test (1879) in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 October 1929-20 October 1929
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.P.O.922.A
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.25 in
Width: 8 in
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ArtifactIncandescent Lamp Made by Thomas Edison and Presented to Henry Ford at Light's Golden Jubilee, 1929
The first practical incandescent electric lamp was successfully tested at Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in 1879. Fifty years later, Edison re-enacted this event at the Menlo Park complex Henry Ford had reconstructed in Greenfield Village. Edison presented this recreated bulb to his friend during the official dedication of the Edison Institute of Technology, Ford's village and museum in Dearborn, Michigan.