The admiration Henry Ford held for his friend Thomas Edison has deeply shaped Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, as evidenced today through the cornerstone in the Museum and through more than a half-dozen buildings related to Edison’s life and work in Greenfield Village. We’ve just digitized a number of photos of Edison to bring the total number of our Edison-related collections objects online to nearly 250, with a few more coming soon. Visit our collections site to see this photo of Edison in his West Orange lab in 1920, as well other recently added photos of the inveterate tinkerer analyzing things such as dictating machines, telegraph keys, and even an electric streetcar.


Ellice Engdahl is Digital Collections & Content Manager at The Henry Ford.

Additional Readings:

• Edison at Work
  
• First Known Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison, circa 1851
  
• Thomas Edison Goes Hollywood
  
• Thomas Edison