Drawing of the Second Floor of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory As It Appeared November 1878

THF236784 / Drawing of the Second Floor of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory As It Appeared November 1878

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

November 1878

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.544

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.50 in
Width: 11.00 in

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Laboratories Research facilities Original sites Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

Artifact
Menlo 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.