Aerial View of Menlo Park, New Jersey after Removal of Edison's Laboratory, circa 1928
THF236590 / Aerial View of Menlo Park, New Jersey after Removal of Edison's Laboratory, circa 1928
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Artifact Overview
In 1928, workers commissioned by Henry Ford salvaged structures and other materials from the long-abandoned site of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory. They were taken to Dearborn, Michigan, for use in Ford’s detailed reconstruction of Edison’s laboratory complex in Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1928
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2009.0.6.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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ArtifactMenlo 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.