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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2W_pattern-shop_West-Orange-NJ.html
Within this building carpenters shaped wood models, or patterns. From these wooden pieces, Edison and his employees made the parts for working models, specialized machinery, and other devices. The skilled workers in the Pattern Shop and other shop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2V_chemistry-laboratory_West-Orange-NJ.html
In 1887 this building was one of the best-equipped chemistry laboratories in the world. Within its walls, Thomas Edison and his chemists experimented on everything from phonograph records to rubber. "Grand science, chemistry," Edison once said, "I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG1C_the-courtyard_West-Orange-NJ.html
This open space between the laboratory buildings served many purposes: delivery area, test site, motion picture set, photograph backdrop, greeting area, and parking lot. Activities here changed almost daily.
The laboratory buildings surrounding…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG1A_making-movies_West-Orange-NJ.html
In 1893 the Black Maria became the world's first building constructed as a motion picture studio. This odd-shaped structure was designed to keep sunlight on the stage while Edison's film pioneers made kinetoscope films.
Although most filming to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG14_thomas-a-edison-industries_West-Orange-NJ.html
Thomas Edison was not just an inventor - he was a businessman running an industrial empire. Around the laboratory, Edison built large factories where thousands of employees mass-produced his inventions for the public. Edison understood the importa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0U_the-main-gate_West-Orange-NJ.html
From 1887 to 1931 Thomas A. Edison, his laboratory employees, and invited guests entered the laboratory complex through this gate and arch. Guards and a tall picket fence (replaced by this chain-link fence in 1917) prevented sightseers and competi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0Q_the-laboratory-complex_West-Orange-NJ.html
Building 5, the largest of the laboratory buildings, extends 250 feet along Lakeside Avenue. Henry Hudson Holly, architect of Thomas Edison's home, planned this single, three-story building. But Holly's building proved too small for Edison's plans…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0P_the-black-maria_West-Orange-NJ.html
This replica movie studio symbolizes the early motion picture industry. Called the "revolving photograph building" when constructed in 1892-93, the studio was soon nicknamed the "Black Maria" by Edison's employees - probably because it resembled p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7RR_the-estate-staff_West-Orange-NJ.html
This laundry yard was often filled with clothes hung out to dry. Inside the house domestic servants cooked, cleaned, and tended to the family's needs. Mina Edison supervised a staff that included a cook, governess, personal maid, kitchen maid, cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7RQ_garage_West-Orange-NJ.html
Built in 1908 with Edison Portland Cement, construction of this garage gave Thomas Edison experience in using concrete as a building material. Although it was built with conventional methods, Edison used the garage to help develop his own techniqu…