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Thomas A. Edison Papers

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  • Latimer
    • Introduction
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    • The Culture of Invention in Boston
      • Notes & Bibliography
    • Inventing a Better Life: Latimer's Technical Career
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Museum Links

  • Edison Birthplace Museum

    Edison was born in this home in Milan, Ohio, on 11 February 1847. Built by his father in 1841–42, the house has been restored and is open to the public.

  • Edison's Fort Myers Winter Home

    Built on land Edison purchased in 1885, this home and laboratory are now maintained by the City of Fort Myers. The neighboring estate was originally the home of Edison associate Ezra Gilliland and later acquired Henry Ford. Today the site is known as the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.

  • Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory Reconstruction at The Henry Ford

    Edison left Menlo Park in 1881 and the laboratory complex was abandoned soon after. In the late 1920s, Henry Ford the laboratory as a centerpiece of Greenfield Village at the museum he established in Dearborn, Michigan. For the story of the reconstruction see https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/inside/edison-at-work/

  • Edison Museum
    Located in Beaumont, Texas, the museum is dedicated to Thomas Alva Edison and his inventions and innovations. The museum interprets Edison through interactive exhibits with two floors of exhibit space.
  • Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park

    The site of Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory now contains the Edison Memorial Tower and a Museum that tells the story of Edison’s time in Menlo Park.

  • Thomas Edison House

    Louisville's Thomas Edison House is located in historic Butchertown, a neighborhood which has been known as the center of meat production in this city for over 200 years. It was also the place Edison called home when he worked as a telegraph operator in Louisville in 1866.

  • Thomas Edison National Historical Park

    Edison built his West Orange Laboratory in 1887 and worked there until his death in 1931. In the 1950s it was turned over to the federal government, and it is now maintained for the public by the National Park Service. Its buildings hold thousands of artifacts and the millions of pages of documents in the archives are the primary source of the Edison Papers.

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