Henry Ford and Thomas Edison at Fort Myers Laboratory Dedication in Greenfield Village, 1928
THF112479 / Henry Ford and Thomas Edison at Fort Myers Laboratory Dedication in Greenfield Village, 1928
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Artifact Overview
Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
27 September 1928
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.1924
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Backing (Textile material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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This well-equipped laboratory enabled Edison to carry on his investigations even as he seemed to seek a break from business and other matters. The first building to be completed in Greenfield Village, it had a second experimental life, offering seclusion to a select group of Ford Motor Company engineers tasked with developing the Ford V-8 engine in the early 1930s.
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