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| Seminole Lodge (1886), winter home of Thomas Alva Edison, shipped precut from Maine. Fort Myers, FL. Architect: Alden Frink. | Compound of Edison Houses. Fort Myers, FL. | Seminole Lodge. Fort Myers, FL. | Parlor of Edison's Seminole Lodge. Fort Myers, FL. |
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| Fireplace in Edison's Seminole Lodge. Fort Myers, FL. | Dining room in Edison's Seminole Lodge. Fort Myers, FL. | Edison's mounted fish at Seminole Lodge. Fort Myers, FL. | Staircase at Seminole Lodge. Fort Myers, FL. |
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| View from porch of Seminole Lodge. Fort Myers, FL. | Henry Ford's & Thomas Edison's winter homes were neighbors. Fort Myers, FL. | Horse wagon with citrus at Edison Winter Estate. Fort Myers, FL. | Original ranch buildings which stood on estate when Edison purchased property in 1885. Fort Myers, FL. |
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| Caloosahatchee River & Edison's dock. Fort Myers, FL. | Palms & flowers on Edison Winter Estate. Fort Myers, FL. | Mysore Fig (Ficus mysoriensis) part of the botanical gardens at Edison Winter Estate. Fort Myers, FL. | Mysore Fig roots, one of many trees imported in Edison's quest for a rubber substitute. Fort Myers, FL. |
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| Bamboo growing on the Edison Estate, the reason Edison bought the property, since he was experimenting with bamboo as a source of filaments for electric light bulbs. Fort Myers, FL. | Rubber tree (Ficus elastica), one of many trees imported in Edison's quest for an American rubber substitute. Fort Myers, FL. |
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