Workmen Preparing the Site for Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, April 17, 1928

THF128662 / Workmen Preparing the Site for Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, April 17, 1928

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

17 April 1928

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2934

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 10.938 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Construction workers Building sites Open-air museums Reconstruction (Construction) Tractors Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Sarah Jordan Boarding House Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory

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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.
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Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory
This well-equipped laboratory enabled Edison to carry on his investigations even as he seemed to seek a break from business and other matters. The first building to be completed in Greenfield Village, it had a second experimental life, offering seclusion to a select group of Ford Motor Company engineers tasked with developing the Ford V-8 engine in the early 1930s.