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.

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

Pipe Organ in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, circa 1930