Thomas Edison Working at His Desk, circa 1908
THF126944 / Thomas Edison Working at His Desk, circa 1908
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Artifact Overview
This photograph shows prolific inventor and American entrepreneur Thomas Edison around age 60. By this time, Edison had invented and built entire industries around the phonograph, the incandescent electric lamp, and the Kinetoscope. Though he continued important work at his vast West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory and elsewhere, Edison was beginning to oversee fewer of his companies' daily operations.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1908
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.27549
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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In 1891, Henry Ford left his small lumber business to work for the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. He was hired on by the general manger, Charles Phelps Gilbert (pictured here). Ford's work impressed his superiors, and by early 1894 he was promoted to chief engineer. While working at the Edison Illuminating Company, Ford also built his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.