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
Place of Creation
Collection Title
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.