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- Comic Valentine, "The Boarding-House Keeper," circa 1885 - From the 1840s into the early 1900s, some people sent inexpensive Valentine's Day greetings that chided, warned, or insulted the recipient. An exaggerated, often garish cartoon and short verse described and dismissed someone's looks, intelligence, personality, or behavior. Within the atmosphere of a festive holiday, under the cover of humor, these "vinegar valentines" were acceptable critiques of behaviors that deviated from social norms.
- circa 1885
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Comic Valentine, "The Boarding-House Keeper," circa 1885
From the 1840s into the early 1900s, some people sent inexpensive Valentine's Day greetings that chided, warned, or insulted the recipient. An exaggerated, often garish cartoon and short verse described and dismissed someone's looks, intelligence, personality, or behavior. Within the atmosphere of a festive holiday, under the cover of humor, these "vinegar valentines" were acceptable critiques of behaviors that deviated from social norms.
- 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
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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.
- Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928
- Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House Construction in Greenfield Village, October 13, 1928 -
- October 13, 1928
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Sarah Jordan Boarding House Construction in Greenfield Village, October 13, 1928
- Exterior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Exterior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928
- Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928
- Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928
- Two Men on the Porch of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Two Men on the Porch of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928
- Charles and Theodore Edison on the Porch of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Charles and Theodore Edison on the Porch of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at its Original Site, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928