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Thomas Alva Edison
In Menlo Park, NJ
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| Thomas Edison's home at Menlo Park | Originally the sales office for the real estate development, the Edison family lived here from March 1876 until they moved to NYC in March 1881. The family still used the home off and on, until Mary Edison died here in August 1884. |
| Edison's Menlo Park Lab | Built in early 1876, it was the principal Edison lab until he closed it in November 1882. |
| Edison's Laboratory Compound | Photo taken in 1880. |
| Edison's Menlo Park Site | The lab site in 1880, with the office library in front, the lab building, and the machine shop in the rear. Notice the original railroad heading off toward Mine Gully. A second railroad was later put in, running to the northwest, towards Pumptown. |
| Edison's Electric Railroad | Photo taken in 1880. Charles Batchelor holds the throttle, with J.L. Hornig, Charles Hughes, Tom Logan, William J. Hammer, Francis Jehl, Alexander Mungle, H.A. Campbell, John W. Lawson, William Mills, John Ott, John Randolph, and George Hill on board. |
| Images from Menlo Park in 1911 | Photos from the site years after Edison moved out. |
| TAE Advertisements | Ads from different periods for Edison inventions and products |
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Last updated by Jim Halpin on 2/16/2009.
