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- Spencer Tracy, Preparing for "Edison, the Man," with Henry Ford in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, October 27, 1939 - The 1940 MGM film <em>Edison, the Man</em> starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- October 27, 1939
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Spencer Tracy, Preparing for "Edison, the Man," with Henry Ford in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, October 27, 1939
The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- Condenser, 1961 - Paul Stankard, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement, began working with glass in the early 1960s. He graduated with a degree in Scientific Glassblowing in 1963, then worked for various chemical laboratories making scientific instruments, like this condenser. Paul, however, dreamed of being an artist and in the late 1960s experimented with making paperweights--a creative form in which he would excel.
- 1961
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Condenser, 1961
Paul Stankard, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement, began working with glass in the early 1960s. He graduated with a degree in Scientific Glassblowing in 1963, then worked for various chemical laboratories making scientific instruments, like this condenser. Paul, however, dreamed of being an artist and in the late 1960s experimented with making paperweights--a creative form in which he would excel.
- Atomizer, 1964 - Paul Stankard, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement, began working with glass in the early 1960s. He graduated with a degree in Scientific Glassblowing in 1963, then worked for various chemical laboratories making scientific instruments, like this atomizer. Paul, however, dreamed of being an artist and in the late 1960s experimented with making paperweights--a creative form in which he would excel.
- 1964
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Atomizer, 1964
Paul Stankard, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement, began working with glass in the early 1960s. He graduated with a degree in Scientific Glassblowing in 1963, then worked for various chemical laboratories making scientific instruments, like this atomizer. Paul, however, dreamed of being an artist and in the late 1960s experimented with making paperweights--a creative form in which he would excel.
- Thomas Edison in West Orange Laboratory, 1925 - Inventor Thomas Alva Edison poses in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory where he directed teams of research assistants for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
- 1925
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Thomas Edison in West Orange Laboratory, 1925
Inventor Thomas Alva Edison poses in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory where he directed teams of research assistants for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
- Heater, circa 1927 -
- circa 1927
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Heater, circa 1927
- Mickey Rooney Preparing for "Young Tom Edison," with Francis Jehl in Menlo Park Laboratory, October 23, 1939 - MGM's 1940 film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> explored the early life of the famous inventor. Mickey Rooney starred in the title role. In preparation for his part, Rooney visited Edison's reconstructed Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village. While there, Rooney met with Francis Jehl, who had worked alongside Edison as a laboratory assistant.
- October 23, 1939
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Mickey Rooney Preparing for "Young Tom Edison," with Francis Jehl in Menlo Park Laboratory, October 23, 1939
MGM's 1940 film Young Tom Edison explored the early life of the famous inventor. Mickey Rooney starred in the title role. In preparation for his part, Rooney visited Edison's reconstructed Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village. While there, Rooney met with Francis Jehl, who had worked alongside Edison as a laboratory assistant.