Robert Koolakian, William Clay Ford, and Madeleine Edison Sloane in Menlo Park Laboratory on 50th Anniversary of Edison Institute, October 21, 1979

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

21 October 1979

Subject Date

21 October 1979

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.83874.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Photographic materials

Technique

Photographic processes

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Negatives (Photographs) Photographs Anniversaries Electric lighting Laboratories Open-air museums Relocated buildings and structures Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014 Ingerman, Madeleine Edison Sloane Koolakian, Robert G. Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

Artifact
Menlo Park Laboratory
When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.