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- Cover of The Daily Graphic Newspaper for January 3, 1880, "Edison and His Electric Light" -
- December 31, 1879
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Cover of The Daily Graphic Newspaper for January 3, 1880, "Edison and His Electric Light"
- Thomas Edison's Laboratory in 1880 in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and in 1984, Reconstructed in Greenfield Village -
- 1880 and 1954
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Thomas Edison's Laboratory in 1880 in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and in 1984, Reconstructed in Greenfield Village
- Invitation Sent to Members of "The City Government" for a Lighting Exhibition at Menlo Park Laboratory, December 18, 1880 -
- December 18, 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Invitation Sent to Members of "The City Government" for a Lighting Exhibition at Menlo Park Laboratory, December 18, 1880
- Menlo Park Laboratory - When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.
- 1876-1883
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Menlo Park Laboratory
When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.
- Menlo Park Laboratory, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, 1876-1883 -
- 1876-1883
- Collections - Artifact
Menlo Park Laboratory, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, 1876-1883
- Interior of Edison's Machine Shop at Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1876-1881 -
- 1876-1881
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of Edison's Machine Shop at Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1876-1881
- Dismantling Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey for Move to Greenfield Village, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Dismantling Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey for Move to Greenfield Village, 1928
- Thomas Edison with His Laboratory Assistants, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison with His Laboratory Assistants, Menlo Park, New Jersey, circa 1880
- Portrait of Milo Andrus, 1880 -
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Milo Andrus, 1880
- Portrait of Francis R. Upton at Menlo Park, 1879 - Thomas Edison recruited talented assistants to his Menlo Park Laboratory to help develop and realize his innovative ideas. In 1878, Edison hired Francis Upton, an American mathematician and physicist. Upton conducted scientific research and performed advanced calculations to convert ideas into workable inventions. Upton continued to collaborate with Edison into the early 20th century, long after the Menlo Park years.
- 1879
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Portrait of Francis R. Upton at Menlo Park, 1879
Thomas Edison recruited talented assistants to his Menlo Park Laboratory to help develop and realize his innovative ideas. In 1878, Edison hired Francis Upton, an American mathematician and physicist. Upton conducted scientific research and performed advanced calculations to convert ideas into workable inventions. Upton continued to collaborate with Edison into the early 20th century, long after the Menlo Park years.