Portrait of Thomas Edison, circa 1889
01
Artifact Overview
This portrait was made during a prolific time for famed inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. Amid constant work in his newly completed West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory, Edison incorporated the Edison General Electric company (April 24, 1889) and projected the first experimental motion picture (October 6, 1889).
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1889
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.5606
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: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten at bottom, a part of the original portrait:
My dear Crocker / A motto for your Boys / All things come to him who "Hustles" while he waits / Thomas A Edison".
Keywords |
|---|