Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 23

THF247529 / Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 23

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

30 August 1933

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2115

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.438 in
Width: 11.250 in

Keywords	Canada, Ontario, Vienna Photographic prints Photographs Dwellings Houses Original sites Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Edison, Samuel, 1767-1865 Edison family Edison Homestead

Artifact
Edison Homestead
Thomas Edison's great-grandparents fled to Canada after the American Revolution because they had sided with the British. Edison's grandparents started a farm and built this home there. As a boy, Edison enjoyed visiting the farm, where he played in the barn, went swimming, and fished in a nearby river.