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- Thomas Edison Working at His Desk, circa 1908 - This photograph shows prolific inventor and American entrepreneur Thomas Edison around age 60. By this time, Edison had invented and built entire industries around the phonograph, the incandescent electric lamp, and the Kinetoscope. Though he continued important work at his vast West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory and elsewhere, Edison was beginning to oversee fewer of his companies' daily operations.
- circa 1908
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Thomas Edison Working at His Desk, circa 1908
This photograph shows prolific inventor and American entrepreneur Thomas Edison around age 60. By this time, Edison had invented and built entire industries around the phonograph, the incandescent electric lamp, and the Kinetoscope. Though he continued important work at his vast West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory and elsewhere, Edison was beginning to oversee fewer of his companies' daily operations.
- Behind the Scenes at Edison at Work - Thomas Edison couldn’t have created his groundbreaking inventions without the help of his staff and his fully-equipped workshop at Menlo Park, New Jersey. See the laboratory as Edison would have, and find out what it took to move the estate to Michigan and restore it to its former glory.
- January 01, 2015
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Behind the Scenes at Edison at Work
Thomas Edison couldn’t have created his groundbreaking inventions without the help of his staff and his fully-equipped workshop at Menlo Park, New Jersey. See the laboratory as Edison would have, and find out what it took to move the estate to Michigan and restore it to its former glory.
- Thomas Edison and Another Man at Edison's Ore-Concentrating Works, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, circa 1895 - During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
- circa 1895
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Thomas Edison and Another Man at Edison's Ore-Concentrating Works, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, circa 1895
During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
- Thomas Edison at His Ore-Concentrating Works, circa 1897 - During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
- circa 1897
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Thomas Edison at His Ore-Concentrating Works, circa 1897
During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
- Ed "Spider" Huff at Work at Edison Illuminating Company, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1896 - Ed "Spider" Huff, seen in this photograph taken about 1896, collaborated with Henry Ford on his early automotive efforts. Huff worked with Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit.
- circa 1896
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Ed "Spider" Huff at Work at Edison Illuminating Company, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1896
Ed "Spider" Huff, seen in this photograph taken about 1896, collaborated with Henry Ford on his early automotive efforts. Huff worked with Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit.
- Alfred Muller, William Kent, Thomas Edison and A. Ruce at Edison's Ore-Concentrating Works, October 1891 - During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
- October 01, 1891
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Alfred Muller, William Kent, Thomas Edison and A. Ruce at Edison's Ore-Concentrating Works, October 1891
During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
- Edison Machine Works Resistance Box, 1883 -
- 1883
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Edison Machine Works Resistance Box, 1883
- Welder at Work, circa 1945 -
- circa 1945
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Welder at Work, circa 1945
- Taxidermists at Work, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <em>New York Herald</em>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
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Taxidermists at Work, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- Edison Machine Works Resistance Box, circa 1886 -
- circa 1886
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Edison Machine Works Resistance Box, circa 1886