Menlo Park Laboratory, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, 1876-1883

THF116566 / Menlo Park Laboratory, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, 1876-1883

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1876-1883

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

84.1.1630.45

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Albumen process

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Photographic prints Photographs Research facilities Laboratories Men Innovators Original sites Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.) Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Artifact
Menlo Park Laboratory
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.