Jackie Cooper Visits Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, May 11, 1932

THF284806 / Jackie Cooper Visits Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, May 11, 1932
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Artifact Overview

Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. In 1932, child actor Jackie Cooper stopped at the Menlo Park Laboratory and created an electric pen image of Thomas Edison.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

11 May 1932

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.188.P.6690

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

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    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.