This segment throws a little light on the Queen Anne-style home of Thomas Edison, the prolific inventor whose creations include the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph.
Edison's home in West Orange, New Jersey, was built by noted New York City architect Henry Hudson Holly and was decorated to impress visitors. It features a mahogany staircase, expensive textured Lincrusta-Walton wall coverings and a drawing room furnished with elaborate rococo revival furniture (figure A).
Also featured is a visit to Edison's nearby laboratory (figure B), which includes a three-story library that the inventor considered his second home as well as a large statue called Genius of Electricity.
Resources Edison National Historic Site
Operated by the National Park Service, the Edison National Historical Site includes Glenmont, the West Orange, New Jersey, home of Thomas Edison as well as the inventor's nearby research laboratory. Both are open for tours by the public.
National Park Service
Website:
www.nps.govEdison: A Life of Invention
by Paul Israel (ISBN: 0471529427)
John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1998
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Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison and Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature
by Hampton Sides (Editor) (ISBN: 0393321509)
W.W. Norton Co., 2001
A collection of answers to common questions about nature and science.
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Uncommon Friends: Life w/ Thomas Edison/Henry Ford/Harvey Firestone/Alexis Carrel/Charles Lindbergh
by James D. Newton
Harvest Books, 1989
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The full title is
Uncommon Friends: Life With Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel, & Charles Lindbergh.
Guests Beth Aukstikalnis
Curator, Edison National Historic Site
Main Street and Lakeside Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone: 973-736-0550
URL:
www.nps.gov/edis/home.htm
John Warren
Park Ranger, Edison National Historic Site
Main Street and Lakeside Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone: 973-736-0550
Website:
www.nps.gov/edis/home.htm
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