Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929

THF276864 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / front cover

THF276865 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page11

THF276866 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page12

THF276867 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page13

THF276868 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page14

THF276869 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page15

THF276870 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page16

THF276871 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page17

THF276872 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page18

THF276873 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / page19

THF276874 / Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 / back cover

Artifact Overview

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee event in Dearborn, Michigan. During the festivities, Thomas Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the 1879 test of Edison's first successful light bulb in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Jehl provided the elderly inventor with handwritten notes to help guide Edison through the re-enactment.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Notebook

Date Made

1929

Subject Date

1929

Creators

Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941

Collection Title

Thomas A. Edison Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2004.0.41.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Handwriting

Color

Purple

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 5.5 in
Depth: 0.75 in

Inscriptions

front cover: FROM THE LABORATORY OF T.A. EDISON MENLO PARK, N.J.

Keywords	United States, New Jersey Notebooks Commemorations Electric lighting, Incandescent Open-air museums Reenactments Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.) Light's Golden Jubilee (1929)