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by his amazing electric light.</p> </div> </div> <div class="component-wrapper must-see-slick-wrapper bg-white"> <div class="heading-content-wrapper"> <h3>Highlights</h3> </div> <div class="row parallax no-padding row-full"> <div class="column small-full medium-full large-12"> <div class="must-see-slick"> <div class=""> <div class="card artifact-card"> <div class="card-front card-side"> <div class="thf-gallery"> <div class="card-front-slick gallery-detail-slick"> <div> <div class="gallery-media" data-media-type="image" data-photo-rights=""> <img id="acp-179489-213856" data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf1973.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Laboratory" /> </div> </div> <div> <div class="gallery-media" data-media-type="image" data-photo-rights=""> <img id="acp-179489-230262" data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf49162.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Laboratory" /> </div> </div> <div> <div class="gallery-media" 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data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf91522.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Laboratory (interior)" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="info"> <h4>Menlo Park Laboratory</h4> <div class="photo-rights"></div> </div> <span class="card-top"> <a href="/" class="logo-link"> <img class="logo" src="/ResourcePackages/Foundation-THF/assets/dist/images/thfLogo_50x50.png" border="0" alt="The Henry Ford" /> </a> </span> <span class="surface-trigger"> </span> <a href="#" class="flip-actuator notrack" data-analytics="ec=Card&ea=Flip&cd2=Menlo%20Park%20Laboratory&cd3=Greenfield%20Village&cd4=Objects&cd5=29.3048.1"><em><span class="icon-i"></span></em></a> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/179489/" class="btn btn-primary btn-action hovery notrack"><span>Details</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </div> <div class="card-back card-side"> <div class="info"> <div class="details"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Menlo Park Laboratory</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/179489">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <div class="property"> <h5>Artifact</h5> <p>Laboratory</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Date Made</h5> <p>1929</p> </div> <div class="property white"> <h5>Summary</h5> <p>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.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Creators</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creators&s.0.for=Henry+Ford+Museum+and+Greenfield+Village&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creators&s.0.for=Cutler%2c+Edward+James%2c+1882-1961&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Cutler, Edward James, 1882-1961 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Place of Creation</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creationLocation&s.0.for=United+States%2c+Michigan%2c+Dearborn&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, Michigan, Dearborn <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Keywords</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=United+States%2c+New+Jersey%2c+Edison%2c+Menlo+Park&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Laboratories&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Laboratories <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Buildings+(Structures)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Buildings (Structures) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Inventions&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Inventions <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Electric+lighting&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Electric lighting <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Edison%2c+Thomas+A.+(Thomas+Alva)%2c+1847-1931&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Menlo+Park+Laboratory+(Dearborn%2c+Mich.)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Object ID</h5> <p>29.3048.1</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Credit</h5> <p>From the Collections of The Henry Ford.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <span class="image-wrap"> <img src="https://www.thehenryford.org/images/default-source/on-exhibit/greenfield-village.jpg?Status=Master&sfvrsn=e0a32201_4" alt="Greenfield Village" border="0" /> </span> <h5><span class="icon-exhibit"></span> On Exhibit</h5> <p> at <a href="/visit/greenfield-village/">Greenfield Village</a> in Edison at Work District </p> </div> <div class="property last text-center"> <p>Get more details in Digital Collections at:</p> <p class="text-center"> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/179489" class="btn btn-primary hovery btn-small"><span class="lowercase">thehenryford.org</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="at-thf"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Menlo Park Laboratory</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/179489">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <h5>What is The Henry Ford?</h5> <div class="margin-bottom-medium"> <p>The national attraction for discovering your ingenuity while exploring America’s spirit of innovation. 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<div class="card-back card-side"> <div class="info"> <div class="details"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/26213">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <div class="property"> <h5>Artifact</h5> <p>Laboratory</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Date Made</h5> <p>1885</p> </div> <div class="property white"> <h5>Summary</h5> <p>This well-equipped laboratory enabled Edison to carry on his investigations even as he seemed to seek a break from business and other matters. The first building to be completed in Greenfield Village, it had a second experimental life, offering seclusion to a select group of Ford Motor Company engineers tasked with developing the Ford V-8 engine in the early 1930s.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Creators</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creators&s.0.for=Kennebec+Framing+Company&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Kennebec Framing Company <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Place of Creation</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creationLocation&s.0.for=United+States%2c+Maine%2c+Fairfield&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, Maine, Fairfield <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creationLocation&s.0.for=United+States%2c+Florida%2c+Fort+Myers&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, Florida, Fort Myers <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Keywords</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=United+States%2c+Florida%2c+Fort+Myers&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, Florida, Fort Myers <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Laboratories&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Laboratories <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Buildings+(Structures)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Buildings (Structures) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Inventors&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Inventors <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Experiments&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Experiments <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Rubber+(Material)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Rubber (Material) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Edison%2c+Thomas+A.+(Thomas+Alva)%2c+1847-1931&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Thomas+Edison%27s+Fort+Myers+Laboratory&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Object ID</h5> <p>28.998.1</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Credit</h5> <p>From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Thomas A. Edison.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <span class="image-wrap"> <img src="https://www.thehenryford.org/images/default-source/on-exhibit/greenfield-village.jpg?Status=Master&sfvrsn=e0a32201_4" alt="Greenfield Village" border="0" /> </span> <h5><span class="icon-exhibit"></span> On Exhibit</h5> <p> at <a href="/visit/greenfield-village/">Greenfield Village</a> in Edison at Work District </p> </div> <div class="property last text-center"> <p>Get more details in Digital Collections at:</p> <p class="text-center"> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/26213" class="btn btn-primary hovery btn-small"><span class="lowercase">thehenryford.org</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="at-thf"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/26213">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <h5>What is The Henry Ford?</h5> <div class="margin-bottom-medium"> <p>The national attraction for discovering your ingenuity while exploring America’s spirit of innovation. 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<h4>Sarah Jordan Boarding House</h4> <div class="photo-rights"></div> </div> <span class="card-top"> <a href="/" class="logo-link"> <img class="logo" src="/ResourcePackages/Foundation-THF/assets/dist/images/thfLogo_50x50.png" border="0" alt="The Henry Ford" /> </a> </span> <span class="surface-trigger"> </span> <a href="#" class="flip-actuator notrack" data-analytics="ec=Card&ea=Flip&cd2=Sarah%20Jordan%20Boarding%20House&cd3=Greenfield%20Village&cd4=Objects&cd5=28.1004.1"><em><span class="icon-i"></span></em></a> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/258254/" class="btn btn-primary btn-action hovery notrack"><span>Details</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </div> <div class="card-back card-side"> <div class="info"> <div class="details"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Sarah Jordan Boarding House</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/258254">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <div class="property"> <h5>Artifact</h5> <p>Boardinghouse</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Date Made</h5> <p>circa 1870</p> </div> <div class="property white"> <h5>Summary</h5> <p>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.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Place of Creation</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creationLocation&s.0.for=United+States%2c+New+Jersey%2c+Edison%2c+Menlo+Park&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Keywords</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=United+States%2c+New+Jersey%2c+Edison%2c+Menlo+Park&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Boardinghouses&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Boardinghouses <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Lodging+houses&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Lodging houses <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Buildings+(Structures)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Buildings (Structures) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Jordan%2c+Sarah%2c+1837-1910&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Jordan, Sarah, 1837-1910 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Jehl%2c+Francis%2c+1860-1941&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Edison%2c+Thomas+A.+(Thomas+Alva)%2c+1847-1931&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Sarah+Jordan+Boarding+House&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Sarah Jordan Boarding House <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Victorian&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Victorian <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Object ID</h5> <p>28.1004.1</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Credit</h5> <p>From the Collections of The Henry Ford.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <span class="image-wrap"> <img src="https://www.thehenryford.org/images/default-source/on-exhibit/greenfield-village.jpg?Status=Master&sfvrsn=e0a32201_4" alt="Greenfield Village" border="0" /> </span> <h5><span class="icon-exhibit"></span> On Exhibit</h5> <p> at <a href="/visit/greenfield-village/">Greenfield Village</a> in Edison at Work District </p> </div> <div class="property last text-center"> <p>Get more details in Digital Collections at:</p> <p class="text-center"> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/258254" class="btn btn-primary hovery btn-small"><span class="lowercase">thehenryford.org</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="at-thf"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Sarah Jordan Boarding House</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/258254">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <h5>What is The Henry Ford?</h5> <div class="margin-bottom-medium"> <p>The national attraction for discovering your ingenuity while exploring America’s spirit of innovation. 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</div> </div> </div> <div class=""> <div class="card artifact-card"> <div class="card-front card-side"> <div class="thf-gallery"> <img data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf1974.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Library" /> </div> <div class="info"> <h4>Menlo Park Library</h4> </div> <span class="card-top"> <a href="/" class="logo-link"> <img class="logo" src="/ResourcePackages/Foundation-THF/assets/dist/images/thfLogo_50x50.png" border="0" alt="The Henry Ford" /> </a> </span> <span class="surface-trigger"> </span> <a href="#" class="flip-actuator notrack" data-analytics="ec=Card&ea=Flip&cd2=Menlo%20Park%20Library&cd3=Greenfield%20Village&cd4=Objects&cd5=29.3048.2"><em><span class="icon-i"></span></em></a> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/273427/" class="btn btn-primary btn-action hovery notrack"><span>Details</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </div> <div class="card-back card-side"> <div class="info"> <div class="details"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Menlo Park Library</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/273427">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <div class="property"> <h5>Artifact</h5> <p>Library (Building)</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Date Made</h5> <p>1929</p> </div> <div class="property white"> <h5>Summary</h5> <p>This building was built in late 1878 as Edison's work on electric lighting expanded. The first floor provided office space for accounting, bookkeeping, and patent applications; upstairs was a superbly stocked technical library. The building also played another key role: as a reception area for journalists and other visitors it provided a disarming first impression of Edison's success and ambition.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Creators</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creators&s.0.for=Henry+Ford+Museum+and+Greenfield+Village&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creators&s.0.for=Cutler%2c+Edward+James%2c+1882-1961&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Cutler, Edward James, 1882-1961 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Place of Creation</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creationLocation&s.0.for=United+States%2c+Michigan%2c+Dearborn&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, Michigan, Dearborn <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Keywords</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=United+States%2c+New+Jersey%2c+Edison%2c+Menlo+Park&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Libraries+(Buildings)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Libraries (Buildings) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Buildings+(Structures)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Buildings (Structures) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Laboratories&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Laboratories <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Inventions&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Inventions <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Edison%2c+Thomas+A.+(Thomas+Alva)%2c+1847-1931&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Menlo+Park+Library&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Menlo Park Library <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Object ID</h5> <p>29.3048.2</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Credit</h5> <p>From the Collections of The Henry Ford.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <span class="image-wrap"> <img src="https://www.thehenryford.org/images/default-source/on-exhibit/greenfield-village.jpg?Status=Master&sfvrsn=e0a32201_4" alt="Greenfield Village" border="0" /> </span> <h5><span class="icon-exhibit"></span> On Exhibit</h5> <p> at <a href="/visit/greenfield-village/">Greenfield Village</a> in Edison at Work District </p> </div> <div class="property last text-center"> <p>Get more details in Digital Collections at:</p> <p class="text-center"> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/273427" class="btn btn-primary hovery btn-small"><span class="lowercase">thehenryford.org</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="at-thf"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Menlo Park Library</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/273427">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <h5>What is The Henry Ford?</h5> <div class="margin-bottom-medium"> <p>The national attraction for discovering your ingenuity while exploring America’s spirit of innovation. 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</div> </div> </div> <div class=""> <div class="card artifact-card"> <div class="card-front card-side"> <div class="thf-gallery"> <div class="card-front-slick gallery-detail-slick"> <div> <div class="gallery-media" data-media-type="image" data-photo-rights=""> <img id="acp-20224-228542" data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf151613.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Glass House" /> </div> </div> <div> <div class="gallery-media" data-media-type="image" data-photo-rights=""> <img id="acp-20224-228540" data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf151612.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Glass House (view 2)" /> </div> </div> <div> <div class="gallery-media" data-media-type="image" data-photo-rights="Photographed by John Sobczak"> <img id="acp-20224-221997" data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf91526.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Glass House" /> </div> </div> <div> <div class="gallery-media" data-media-type="image" data-photo-rights="Photographed by John Sobczak"> <img id="acp-20224-221998" data-lazy="https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/CollectionImages/_smartcrop/photos/thf91527.jpg" alt="Menlo Park Glass House (interior)" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="info"> <h4>Menlo Park Glass House</h4> <div class="photo-rights"></div> </div> <span class="card-top"> <a href="/" class="logo-link"> <img class="logo" src="/ResourcePackages/Foundation-THF/assets/dist/images/thfLogo_50x50.png" border="0" alt="The Henry Ford" /> </a> </span> <span class="surface-trigger"> </span> <a href="#" class="flip-actuator notrack" data-analytics="ec=Card&ea=Flip&cd2=Menlo%20Park%20Glass%20House&cd3=Greenfield%20Village&cd4=Objects&cd5=29.3049.1"><em><span class="icon-i"></span></em></a> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/20224/" class="btn btn-primary btn-action hovery notrack"><span>Details</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </div> <div class="card-back card-side"> <div class="info"> <div class="details"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Menlo Park Glass House</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/20224">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <div class="property"> <h5>Artifact</h5> <p>Building (Structure)</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Date Made</h5> <p>1878</p> </div> <div class="property white"> <h5>Summary</h5> <p>Originally built as a photographic studio and drafting room, the glassblowing shop was fundamental to Edison's enterprise. Edison's incandescent lighting experiments ensured that the laboratory had a voracious appetite for glass -- not only for bulbs but also for associated apparatus such as vacuum pumps. Ludwig Boehm, the laboratory's first master glassblower, worked here -- and lodged in the attic space.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Creators</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creators&s.0.for=Edison%2c+Samuel%2c+1803-1896&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Edison, Samuel, 1803-1896 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creators&s.0.for=Edison%2c+Thomas+A.+(Thomas+Alva)%2c+1847-1931&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Place of Creation</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=creationLocation&s.0.for=United+States%2c+New+Jersey%2c+Edison%2c+Menlo+Park&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Keywords</h5> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=United+States%2c+New+Jersey%2c+Edison%2c+Menlo+Park&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Buildings+(Structures)&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Buildings (Structures) <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Laboratories&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Laboratories <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Glass+blowing+and+working&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Glass blowing and working <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Inventions&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Inventions <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Edison%2c+Thomas+A.+(Thomas+Alva)%2c+1847-1931&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Bohm%2c+Ludwig+K.&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Bohm, Ludwig K. <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> <p> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/search-results#advancedSearch=1&tab=artifact-results&s.0.in=keywords&s.0.for=Menlo+Park+Glass+House&years=0-0&perPage=10&pageNum=1&sortBy=relevance">Menlo Park Glass House <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Object ID</h5> <p>29.3049.1</p> </div> <div class="property"> <h5>Credit</h5> <p>From the Collections of The Henry Ford.</p> </div> <div class="property"> <span class="image-wrap"> <img src="https://www.thehenryford.org/images/default-source/on-exhibit/greenfield-village.jpg?Status=Master&sfvrsn=e0a32201_4" alt="Greenfield Village" border="0" /> </span> <h5><span class="icon-exhibit"></span> On Exhibit</h5> <p> at <a href="/visit/greenfield-village/">Greenfield Village</a> in Edison at Work District </p> </div> <div class="property last text-center"> <p>Get more details in Digital Collections at:</p> <p class="text-center"> <a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/20224" class="btn btn-primary hovery btn-small"><span class="lowercase">thehenryford.org</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="at-thf"> <div class="info-top"> <h4>Menlo Park Glass House</h4> <p><strong><a href="/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/20224">View <span class="hide-for-embed">in our Collections</span><span class="show-for-embed">on thehenryford.org</span> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></strong></p> </div> <div class="info-scroll"> <h5>What is The Henry Ford?</h5> <div class="margin-bottom-medium"> <p>The national attraction for discovering your ingenuity while exploring America’s spirit of innovation. There is always much to see and do at The Henry Ford.</p> <p class="text-center margin-top-small"><a href="/current-events/calendar/" class="btn btn-primary hovery"><span>VIEW CALENDAR</span><span class="icon-arrow-right"></span></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <span class="surface-trigger"> </span> <a href="#" class="flip-actuator notrack" data-analytics="ec=Card&ea=Flip&cd2=Menlo%20Park%20Glass%20House&cd3=Greenfield%20Village&cd4=Objects&cd5=29.3049.1"> <span class="icon-arrow-left"></span> </a> <div class="share-panel"> <ul> <li> <a href="#" class="share-twitter-trigger notrack" data-share-url="https://www.thehenryford.org/artifact/20224/" data-share-description="Check out this cool artifact from The Henry Ford!"> <span class="wrap-icon"><span class="icon-twitter"></span></span><span>Tweet</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="#" class="share-facebook-trigger notrack" data-share-url="https://www.thehenryford.org/artifact/20224/"> <span class="wrap-icon"><span 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