Menlo Park Carbon Shed in Greenfield Village, October 1929

THF728383 / Menlo Park Carbon Shed in Greenfield Village, October 1929

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

27 October 1929

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.A.5700

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Open-air museums Replicas Sheds (Storage structures) Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Menlo Park Carbon Shed

Artifact
Menlo Park Carbon Shed
Edison's invention of the carbon telephone transmitter in 1877 is what made the telephone commercially practical. This small wooden shed housed a battery of kerosene lamps, kept lit and set to produce carbon soot. The soot was collected and compressed into carbon tablets for telephone transmitters. Edison also used the carbon produced in this shed for various other experiments.