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- Edison Homestead - Thomas Edison's great-grandparents fled to Canada after the American Revolution because they had sided with the British. Edison's grandparents started a farm and built this home there. As a boy, Edison enjoyed visiting the farm, where he played in the barn, went swimming, and fished in a nearby river.
- circa 1816
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Edison Homestead
Thomas Edison's great-grandparents fled to Canada after the American Revolution because they had sided with the British. Edison's grandparents started a farm and built this home there. As a boy, Edison enjoyed visiting the farm, where he played in the barn, went swimming, and fished in a nearby river.
- Edison Homestead at Its Original Site, Vienna, Ontario, Canada, June 1933 - This photograph shows the Vienna, Ontario homestead of Thomas Edison's grandparents. As a boy, Edison enjoyed visiting their farm, where he played in the barn, went swimming, and fished in the river. In 1933, Henry Ford moved Edison's grandparents' farmhouse to Greenfield Village--his historical outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
- June 03, 1933
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Edison Homestead at Its Original Site, Vienna, Ontario, Canada, June 1933
This photograph shows the Vienna, Ontario homestead of Thomas Edison's grandparents. As a boy, Edison enjoyed visiting their farm, where he played in the barn, went swimming, and fished in the river. In 1933, Henry Ford moved Edison's grandparents' farmhouse to Greenfield Village--his historical outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Edison Homestead in Greenfield Village, February 1934 -
- February 01, 1934
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Edison Homestead in Greenfield Village, February 1934
- Edison Homestead--People--Item 01 -
- October 31, 1974
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Edison Homestead--People--Item 01
- Edison Homestead--Original Site--Exterior--Item 03 -
- June 03, 1933
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Edison Homestead--Original Site--Exterior--Item 03
- Edison Homestead--Original Site--Exterior--Item 08 -
- June 03, 1933
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Edison Homestead--Original Site--Exterior--Item 08
- Edison Homestead--Original Site--Exterior--Item 09 -
- June 03, 1933
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Edison Homestead--Original Site--Exterior--Item 09
- Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 12 -
- June 03, 1933
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Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 12
- Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 13 -
- June 03, 1933
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Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 13
- Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 14 -
- June 03, 1933
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Edison Homestead--Original Site--Interior--Item 14