Scale Model of the Second Floor of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1939
THF49762 / Scale Model of the Second Floor of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1939
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Model (Representation)
Date Made
1939
Subject Date
circa 1879
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Designed by Art Director Cedric Gibbons and painted by Henry P. McDermott for Metro-Goldwin-Mayer
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
40.607.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Material
Wood (Plant Material)
Glass (Material)
Brass (Alloy)
Nitrocellulose
Plastic
Plexiglas (TM)
Technique
Handmade
Painting (Coating)
Color
Black (Color)
Multicolored
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 15.875 in
Length: 60.0625 in
Inscriptions
Signatures on top of base, front of model:
Clarence Brown
Spencer Tracy
Harold Rosson
Rita Johnson
Cedric Gibbons
Written on back underside: Painted By / Henry P McDermott / MGM 1939
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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.
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