Menlo Park Compound, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, 1880

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1880

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.4182

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

verso: Mott Photo front, handwritten: Edison compound at Menlo Park in 1880 front, handwritten caption: [Ed]ison Menlo Park Laboratory in 1880. / [Off]ice and Library on left. My first office / [win]dow on right ground floor Physical Laboratory in center. / Their Glass blowing House and / Drawing House . My 2nd office in latter. Machine Shop on right- / Below Hill on left the / P.R.R. On extreme right starting p[oint of first] / Electric passenger carrying Ry... Pos[ts with globes] / first installation of street & inside Incand[escent Elec. Lighting.]