Dismantling Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey for Move to Greenfield Village, 1928

THF253614 / Dismantling Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey for Move to Greenfield Village, 1928
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1928

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2836

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.500 in
Width: 11.000 in

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    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.
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