Thomas Edison in West Orange

Thomas Edison in West Orange

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Publication Date: 2nd June 2008

Thomas Edison spent the second half of his life in West Orange, about 10 miles from New York City. There he built his last and largest laboratory, where he developed motion pictures, improved the phonograph, and built an international business empire, earning over half of his 1,093 patents. The five laboratory buildings housed over 100 experimenters busily engaged in invention and innovation. As they turned ideas into commercial products, Edison surrounded the laboratory with factories that employed over 4,000 workers. From the first days, staff photographers documented every aspect of life in... Read More
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Thomas Edison spent the second half of his life in West Orange, about 10 miles from New York City. There he built his last and largest laboratory, where he developed motion pictures, improved the phonograph, and built an international business empire, earning over half of his 1,093 patents. The five laboratory buildings housed over 100 experimenters busily engaged in invention and innovation. As they turned ideas into commercial products, Edison surrounded the laboratory with factories that employed over 4,000 workers. From the first days, staff photographers documented every aspect of life in... Read More
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Thomas Edison spent the second half of his life in West Orange, about 10 miles from New York City. There he built his last and largest laboratory, where he developed motion pictures, improved the phonograph, and built an international business empire, earning over half of his 1,093 patents. The five laboratory buildings housed over 100 experimenters busily engaged in invention and innovation. As they turned ideas into commercial products, Edison surrounded the laboratory with factories that employed over 4,000 workers. From the first days, staff photographers documented every aspect of life in this town within a town.
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  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 2nd June 2008
  • State: New Jersey
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738557212
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Title: Thomas Edison in West Orange
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: Book News, Inc.
Date: March 2009

Drawing from the extensive archives at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey, where the inventor of the light bulb spent the latter half of his life (1847-1931), Wirth traces the inventor's subsequent innovations in motion pictures and phonograph recordings. He also overviews his business dealings in the context of the changing nature of work. Among the many vintage images are ones of Edison's family, and his laboratory/ factory complex where he developed many of his inventions.
(Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Author Bio
Edward Wirth, archivist at Edison National Historic Site, selected these photographs from the 60,000 in the site's archives to tell the story of the world's most famous inventor and the many who worked with him.
Thomas Edison spent the second half of his life in West Orange, about 10 miles from New York City. There he built his last and largest laboratory, where he developed motion pictures, improved the phonograph, and built an international business empire, earning over half of his 1,093 patents. The five laboratory buildings housed over 100 experimenters busily engaged in invention and innovation. As they turned ideas into commercial products, Edison surrounded the laboratory with factories that employed over 4,000 workers. From the first days, staff photographers documented every aspect of life in this town within a town.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 2nd June 2008
  • State: New Jersey
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738557212
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

Title: Thomas Edison in West Orange
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: Book News, Inc.
Date: March 2009

Drawing from the extensive archives at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey, where the inventor of the light bulb spent the latter half of his life (1847-1931), Wirth traces the inventor's subsequent innovations in motion pictures and phonograph recordings. He also overviews his business dealings in the context of the changing nature of work. Among the many vintage images are ones of Edison's family, and his laboratory/ factory complex where he developed many of his inventions.
(Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Edward Wirth, archivist at Edison National Historic Site, selected these photographs from the 60,000 in the site's archives to tell the story of the world's most famous inventor and the many who worked with him.