| Thomas Edison in West Orange Contributor(s): Wirth, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738557218 ISBN-13: 9780738557212 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: Thomas Edison spent the second half of his life in West Orange, about 10 miles from New York City. There he built his last and largest laboratory, where he developed motion pictures, improved the phonograph, and built an international business empire, earning over half of his 1,093 patents. The five laboratory buildings housed over 100 experimenters busily engaged in invention and innovation. As they turned ideas into commercial products, Edison surrounded the laboratory with factories that employed over 4,000 workers. From the first days, staff photographers documented every aspect of life in this town within a town. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007941111 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.1" W x 9.3" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
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Contributor Bio(s): Wirth, Edward: - Edward Wirth, archivist at Edison National Historic Site, selected these photographs from the 60,000 in the site s archives to tell the story of the world s most famous inventor and the many who worked with him. |