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- Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery - Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
- 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
- Menlo Park Laboratory - When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.
- 1876-1883
- Collections - Artifact
Menlo Park Laboratory
When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.
- Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory - This well-equipped laboratory enabled Edison to carry on his investigations even as he seemed to seek a break from business and other matters. The first building to be completed in Greenfield Village, it had a second experimental life, offering seclusion to a select group of Ford Motor Company engineers tasked with developing the Ford V-8 engine in the early 1930s.
- 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory
This well-equipped laboratory enabled Edison to carry on his investigations even as he seemed to seek a break from business and other matters. The first building to be completed in Greenfield Village, it had a second experimental life, offering seclusion to a select group of Ford Motor Company engineers tasked with developing the Ford V-8 engine in the early 1930s.
- Edison Electric Pen, circa 1877 - Thomas Edison's electric pen, an ancestor of both the mimeograph and the tattoo needle, was a successful product in the mid-1870s. Users would write normally with the pen, which, instead of a nib, had a needle powered by an electric motor. The needle poked holes into a stencil, which was then used to copy the document. Many businesses found document duplication an attractive possibility.
- circa 1877
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Electric Pen, circa 1877
Thomas Edison's electric pen, an ancestor of both the mimeograph and the tattoo needle, was a successful product in the mid-1870s. Users would write normally with the pen, which, instead of a nib, had a needle powered by an electric motor. The needle poked holes into a stencil, which was then used to copy the document. Many businesses found document duplication an attractive possibility.
- Glass Beaker, circa 1929 -
- circa 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Glass Beaker, circa 1929
- "Pyrex Laboratory Glassware," 1934 -
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
"Pyrex Laboratory Glassware," 1934
- Moorehead Laboratories Vacuum Tube, circa 1917 - Vacuum tubes appear in older radios, televisions, amplifiers, computers, and other electronic devices. Their function: to amplify and strengthen weak electronic signals. Typical tubes are sealed glass bulbs evacuated of gas, allowing electron flow to be influenced by an interior cathode, plate and grid. Perfected in 1906 by Lee De Forest, the vacuum tube was the genesis of a communications revolution.
- circa 1917
- Collections - Artifact
Moorehead Laboratories Vacuum Tube, circa 1917
Vacuum tubes appear in older radios, televisions, amplifiers, computers, and other electronic devices. Their function: to amplify and strengthen weak electronic signals. Typical tubes are sealed glass bulbs evacuated of gas, allowing electron flow to be influenced by an interior cathode, plate and grid. Perfected in 1906 by Lee De Forest, the vacuum tube was the genesis of a communications revolution.
- Sections of Underground Cable, Used at Edison's Menlo Park, 1880-1881 -
- 1880-1881
- Collections - Artifact
Sections of Underground Cable, Used at Edison's Menlo Park, 1880-1881
- Ford Tractor and Implement Division Lab Coat, Worn by George S. Wilkerson - George S. Wilkerson served in World War II and then earned a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Missouri in 1947. His long career included time at Ford Tractor offices in St. Louis, Missouri; Marion, Illinois; and Atlanta, Georgia. By the time he retired in the mid-1980s, Wilkerson was training mechanics throughout the southeastern United States.
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Tractor and Implement Division Lab Coat, Worn by George S. Wilkerson
George S. Wilkerson served in World War II and then earned a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Missouri in 1947. His long career included time at Ford Tractor offices in St. Louis, Missouri; Marion, Illinois; and Atlanta, Georgia. By the time he retired in the mid-1980s, Wilkerson was training mechanics throughout the southeastern United States.
- Transportation Systems Laboratory Promotional Materials, 1973 - Transportation Systems Laboratory produced this press kit in 1973. The company manufactured electric delivery vans. The vans used a battery pack of 14 six-volt batteries. Like earlier electric vehicles, these vans had a limited range -- 35 miles from a single charge. The U.S. Postal Service tested a number of these vehicles.
- 1973
- Collections - Artifact
Transportation Systems Laboratory Promotional Materials, 1973
Transportation Systems Laboratory produced this press kit in 1973. The company manufactured electric delivery vans. The vans used a battery pack of 14 six-volt batteries. Like earlier electric vehicles, these vans had a limited range -- 35 miles from a single charge. The U.S. Postal Service tested a number of these vehicles.