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- Sarah Jordan Boarding House - The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
- circa 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House
The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.