Exterior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880-1881

THF253602 / Exterior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880-1881

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1880-1881

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2830

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.313 in
Width: 7 in

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Photographic prints Photographs Boardinghouses Houses Telephone poles Windmills Wooden fences Original sites Sarah Jordan Boarding House

Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House
The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.