Menlo Park Glass House in Greenfield Village, June 1930

THF728380 / Menlo Park Glass House in Greenfield Village, June 1930

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

23 June 1930

Subject Date

23 June 1930

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.7458

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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Buildings (Structures) Glassblowing Light bulbs Open-air museums Research laboratories Workshops (Work spaces) Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Menlo Park Glass House

Artifact
Menlo Park Glass House
Originally built as a photographic studio and drafting room, the glassblowing shop was fundamental to Edison's enterprise. Edison's incandescent lighting experiments ensured that the laboratory had a voracious appetite for glass -- not only for bulbs but also for associated apparatus such as vacuum pumps. Ludwig Boehm, the laboratory's first master glassblower, worked here -- and lodged in the attic space.