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- Jim Bishop with Electrical Equipment for The Henry Ford Collections, 1931 - Jim Bishop worked with Henry Ford at Edison Illuminating Company in the 1890s, and he helped Ford build his Quadricycle automobile in 1896. While Ford left to enter the budding auto industry, Bishop remained at Edison Illuminating and joined the company's executive ranks. Later, Bishop collected electrical power equipment for Ford's Edison Institute museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
- December 16, 1931
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Jim Bishop with Electrical Equipment for The Henry Ford Collections, 1931
Jim Bishop worked with Henry Ford at Edison Illuminating Company in the 1890s, and he helped Ford build his Quadricycle automobile in 1896. While Ford left to enter the budding auto industry, Bishop remained at Edison Illuminating and joined the company's executive ranks. Later, Bishop collected electrical power equipment for Ford's Edison Institute museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Edison Illuminating Company Employees, Including Henry Ford, March 1893 - This photograph shows Henry Ford, third from the right in the top row, with a mustache and coveralls. By early 1894, Ford would be promoted to chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. Some of his coworkers -- including George Cato and Jim Bishop, pictured here -- helped Henry build his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.
- March 01, 1893
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Edison Illuminating Company Employees, Including Henry Ford, March 1893
This photograph shows Henry Ford, third from the right in the top row, with a mustache and coveralls. By early 1894, Ford would be promoted to chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. Some of his coworkers -- including George Cato and Jim Bishop, pictured here -- helped Henry build his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.
- Employees of Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, Including Henry Ford, circa 1893 - This photograph shows Henry Ford, third from the right in the top row, with a mustache and coveralls. By early 1894, Ford would be promoted to chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. Some of his coworkers -- including George Cato and Jim Bishop, pictured here -- helped Henry build his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.
- circa 1893
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Employees of Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, Including Henry Ford, circa 1893
This photograph shows Henry Ford, third from the right in the top row, with a mustache and coveralls. By early 1894, Ford would be promoted to chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. Some of his coworkers -- including George Cato and Jim Bishop, pictured here -- helped Henry build his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.
- Jim Bishop and Ward Noble in Edison Illuminating Company, Station A, Detroit, Michigan -
- 1893
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Jim Bishop and Ward Noble in Edison Illuminating Company, Station A, Detroit, Michigan
- Jim Bishop and Mary Ward Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company Generator, circa 1896 - Jim Bishop, seen on the left in this ca. 1897 photograph, collaborated with Henry Ford on his early automotive efforts. Bishop worked with Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit.
- circa 1896
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Jim Bishop and Mary Ward Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company Generator, circa 1896
Jim Bishop, seen on the left in this ca. 1897 photograph, collaborated with Henry Ford on his early automotive efforts. Bishop worked with Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit.
- Edison Illuminating Co.--People--Item 12 -
- 1891
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Edison Illuminating Co.--People--Item 12
- James BIshop inside Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, 1895 -
- 1895
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James BIshop inside Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, 1895
- Jim Bishop and Mary Ward Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company Generator, circa 1896 - Jim Bishop, seen on the left in this ca. 1897 photograph, collaborated with Henry Ford on his early automotive efforts. Bishop worked with Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit.
- circa 1896
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Jim Bishop and Mary Ward Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company Generator, circa 1896
Jim Bishop, seen on the left in this ca. 1897 photograph, collaborated with Henry Ford on his early automotive efforts. Bishop worked with Ford at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit.
- Employees of Edison Illuminating Company, circa 1895 - In the 1890s, the safety bicycle became a way for many workers to travel to and from their jobs. This group of employees from the Edison Illuminating Company poses with their bikes for a photograph taken about 1895. The photographer was a fellow employee at the company who also owned a bicycle--Henry Ford.
- circa 1895
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Employees of Edison Illuminating Company, circa 1895
In the 1890s, the safety bicycle became a way for many workers to travel to and from their jobs. This group of employees from the Edison Illuminating Company poses with their bikes for a photograph taken about 1895. The photographer was a fellow employee at the company who also owned a bicycle--Henry Ford.
- Henry Ford and Edison Pioneers in Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1929 -
- September 22, 1929
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Henry Ford and Edison Pioneers in Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1929