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- Francis Jehl's Notes to Thomas Edison for the Incandescent Lamp Lighting during Light's Golden Jubilee, 1929 - To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee event in Dearborn, Michigan. During the festivities, Thomas Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the 1879 test of Edison's first successful light bulb in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Jehl provided the elderly inventor with handwritten notes to help guide Edison through the re-enactment.
- October 21, 1929
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Francis Jehl's Notes to Thomas Edison for the Incandescent Lamp Lighting during Light's Golden Jubilee, 1929
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee event in Dearborn, Michigan. During the festivities, Thomas Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the 1879 test of Edison's first successful light bulb in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Jehl provided the elderly inventor with handwritten notes to help guide Edison through the re-enactment.
- Helen Keller Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, October 8, 1930 - Helen Keller (1880-1968) visited the Henry Ford's newly opened museum and Greenfield Village in 1930. Keller lost both her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months due to illness. This remarkable woman, with the help of dedicated teachers and companions, overcame these setbacks and became an advocate for others with similar disabilities.
- October 08, 1930
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Helen Keller Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, October 8, 1930
Helen Keller (1880-1968) visited the Henry Ford's newly opened museum and Greenfield Village in 1930. Keller lost both her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months due to illness. This remarkable woman, with the help of dedicated teachers and companions, overcame these setbacks and became an advocate for others with similar disabilities.
- Francis Jehl Operating 1880 Edison Electric Locomotive in Greenfield Village, August 1930 - This experimental machine built by Thomas Edison represented an early American attempt to design a non-battery electric locomotive. Fed by electricity sent through the rails, the locomotive operated over a three-mile track at Edison's Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory, hauling passengers at speeds up to 40 mph. The locomotive and two cars were given to The Henry Ford in 1929.
- August 01, 1930
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Francis Jehl Operating 1880 Edison Electric Locomotive in Greenfield Village, August 1930
This experimental machine built by Thomas Edison represented an early American attempt to design a non-battery electric locomotive. Fed by electricity sent through the rails, the locomotive operated over a three-mile track at Edison's Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory, hauling passengers at speeds up to 40 mph. The locomotive and two cars were given to The Henry Ford in 1929.
- Illustration of Thomas Edison's Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
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Illustration of Thomas Edison's Laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880
- Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939 - Eve Curie, daughter of two-time Nobel Prize recipient Marie Curie, visited Greenfield Village on April 1, 1939. Eve had written a biography about her famous mother and was on a tour of America, lecturing on the history of women in science. Ten years earlier, Marie had visited Greenfield Village for the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration and had spoken highly of the event.
- April 01, 1939
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Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939
Eve Curie, daughter of two-time Nobel Prize recipient Marie Curie, visited Greenfield Village on April 1, 1939. Eve had written a biography about her famous mother and was on a tour of America, lecturing on the history of women in science. Ten years earlier, Marie had visited Greenfield Village for the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration and had spoken highly of the event.
- Thomas Edison with His Laboratory Assistants, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
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Thomas Edison with His Laboratory Assistants, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880
- Thomas Edison and Employees in Menlo Park Laboratory, Edison, New Jersey, February 22, 1880 - The names of "star" designers might lodge in our minds, just as the names of innovators like Thomas Edison do. But while the essential vision for a design might arise from an individual, it is typically collaboration that drives design ideas through to results. At the Menlo Park laboratory many experimenters undertook the research that made Edison's vision a reality.
- February 22, 1880
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Thomas Edison and Employees in Menlo Park Laboratory, Edison, New Jersey, February 22, 1880
The names of "star" designers might lodge in our minds, just as the names of innovators like Thomas Edison do. But while the essential vision for a design might arise from an individual, it is typically collaboration that drives design ideas through to results. At the Menlo Park laboratory many experimenters undertook the research that made Edison's vision a reality.
- 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.
- Francis Jehl's Satchel, Used on His Trip to Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1878 -
- 1878
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Francis Jehl's Satchel, Used on His Trip to Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1878
- Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929 - To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee event in Dearborn, Michigan. During the festivities, Thomas Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the 1879 test of Edison's first successful light bulb in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Jehl provided the elderly inventor with handwritten notes to help guide Edison through the re-enactment.
- 1929
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Notebook from the Laboratory of T.A. Edison Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1929
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee event in Dearborn, Michigan. During the festivities, Thomas Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the 1879 test of Edison's first successful light bulb in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Jehl provided the elderly inventor with handwritten notes to help guide Edison through the re-enactment.