Henry Ford and Thomas Edison at Dedication of Menlo Park Glass House, Greenfield Village, 1929
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Henry Ford and Thomas Edison posed with a pair of light bulbs at the dedication of the Menlo Park Glass House, newly relocated to Greenfield Village, on June 6, 1929. The building was a surviving structure from Edison's Menlo Park laboratory complex. It was given to Ford by General Electric -- the corporate descendent of Edison's electricity-related companies -- in 1928.
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison posed with a pair of light bulbs at the dedication of the Menlo Park Glass House, newly relocated to Greenfield Village, on June 6, 1929. The building was a surviving structure from Edison's Menlo Park laboratory complex. It was given to Ford by General Electric -- the corporate descendent of Edison's electricity-related companies -- in 1928.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
22 June 1929
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Incandescent lamps (Lighting device components)
Relocated buildings and structures
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.5611
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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