Illustration of Thomas Edison's Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880

THF236585 / Illustration of Thomas Edison's Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880

THF236586 / Illustration of Thomas Edison's Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880 / back

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1880

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.496

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.000 in
Width: 3.750 in

Inscriptions

Written on back: Menlo Park as it was when I was there. Birds' eye view. 1879. Laboratory buildings on top left side. Black spot where monument is. Property of F. Jehl.

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Photographic prints Photographs Drawings (Visual works) Laboratories Research facilities Rural areas Original sites Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Menlo Park Laboratory Complex (Dearborn, Mich.) Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

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