Edison Home & Laboratory, West Orange, NJ Photos

Thomas Alva Edison (1874-1931), inventor of the electric light, the phonograph, & for hundreds of other products, had his main labs near his home in West Orange, NJ. The labs host the first film studio in America. Both the labs & home are now run by the National Parks Service.

See also: New Jersey, Edison Winter Home, Edison Winter Home Museum
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Black Maria, America's first film studio, at Thomas Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Belt driven machine shop at Thomas Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Belt driven machine shop at Thomas Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Chemistry lab at Thomas Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Clock & painting of Edison in Library of Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Statue Of Light in library at Thomas Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Library at Thomas Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Bed where Edison napped in library at Thomas Edison Laboratory National Historic Site.

Edison's house Glenmont at Thomas Edison House National Historic Site.

Upper story details of Glenmont at Thomas Edison House National Historic Site.

Dragon basin at Glenmont house at Edison National Historic Site.

Stained glass window in Glenmont at Edison House National Historic Site.


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