Pipe Organ in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, circa 1930
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Artifact Overview
The Roosevelt Organ Company presented a pipe organ to Thomas Edison in 1878. Edison and his workers used it to conduct sound experiments and for entertainment during work breaks. The original organ was destroyed in a fire in 1914. Henry Ford had this replica made in 1929 as part of the detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1930
Creator Notes
Probably taken by Ford Motor Company Engineering Photographic Department.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.063 in
Width: 8 in
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