Panorama of Menlo Park Compound Construction Site, Greenfield Village, January 28, 1929
THF118906 / Panorama of Menlo Park Compound Construction Site, Greenfield Village, January 28, 1929
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Artifact Overview
In 1928, Henry Ford commissioned a painstaking reconstruction of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory for Greenfield Village. Researchers referenced photographs and reminiscences from Edison's early employees, and crews incorporated salvaged materials and original structures from the laboratory's long-abandoned New Jersey site. Construction was completed by October 1929, when Ford dedicated his museum and village as the Edison Institute of Technology.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
28 January 1929
Subject Date
28 January 1929
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.P.ECP.106
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Width: 19.875 in
Height: 7.375 in
Inscriptions
Inscribed by photographer in lower right corner of image: 1-28-29
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