Glassblower Working in Menlo Park Glass House, Greenfield Village, 1932

THF132814 / Glassblower Working in Menlo Park Glass House, Greenfield Village, 1932

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

13 October 1932

Subject Date

13 October 1932

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

64.167.188.P.7751

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

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Glassblowers Glassblowing Globes (Lighting device components) Open-air museums Menlo Park Glass House

Artifact
Menlo Park Glass House
Originally built as a photographic studio and drafting room, the glassblowing shop was fundamental to Edison's enterprise. Edison's incandescent lighting experiments ensured that the laboratory had a voracious appetite for glass -- not only for bulbs but also for associated apparatus such as vacuum pumps. Ludwig Boehm, the laboratory's first master glassblower, worked here -- and lodged in the attic space.