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- Cary Grant Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, August 9, 1955 - Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum over the years. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Cary Grant, one of Hollywood's dashing leading men, stopped by in 1955.
- August 09, 1955
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Cary Grant Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, August 9, 1955
Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum over the years. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Cary Grant, one of Hollywood's dashing leading men, stopped by in 1955.
- Lord Mountbatten Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, April 8, 1972 - Lord Mountbatten was great-grandson of Queen Victoria, a British World War II hero and viceroy of India in 1947 during that country's partitioning and independence. In April 1972, he toured Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, accompanied by Henry Ford II and Edison Institute's president, Donald Shelley. The group hit all the institute's highlights, including a stop at Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- April 08, 1972
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Lord Mountbatten Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, April 8, 1972
Lord Mountbatten was great-grandson of Queen Victoria, a British World War II hero and viceroy of India in 1947 during that country's partitioning and independence. In April 1972, he toured Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, accompanied by Henry Ford II and Edison Institute's president, Donald Shelley. The group hit all the institute's highlights, including a stop at Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- Thomas Edison at Menlo Park Laboratory before Light's Golden Jubilee, October 1929 - To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford chose the occasion to dedicate Greenfield Village to his friend, Thomas Edison. During the festivities, Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the first successful light bulb test (1879) in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- 19 October 1929-20 October 1929
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Thomas Edison at Menlo Park Laboratory before Light's Golden Jubilee, October 1929
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford chose the occasion to dedicate Greenfield Village to his friend, Thomas Edison. During the festivities, Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the first successful light bulb test (1879) in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- Thomas Edison and Francis Jehl at Menlo Park Laboratory during Light's Golden Jubilee, October 1929 - To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford chose the occasion to dedicate Greenfield Village to his friend, Thomas Edison. During the festivities, Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the first successful light bulb test (1879) in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- 19 October 1929-20 October 1929
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Thomas Edison and Francis Jehl at Menlo Park Laboratory during Light's Golden Jubilee, October 1929
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford chose the occasion to dedicate Greenfield Village to his friend, Thomas Edison. During the festivities, Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the first successful light bulb test (1879) in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940 - The 1940 MGM film <em>Edison, the Man</em> starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- 1940
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Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940
The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- Warde Donovan, Phyllis Diller and Daughter in Menlo Park Laboratory, April 2, 1968 - Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum over the years. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Comedienne Phyllis Diller and her then-husband Warde Donovan spent time visiting Greenfield Village in 1968.
- April 02, 1968
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Warde Donovan, Phyllis Diller and Daughter in Menlo Park Laboratory, April 2, 1968
Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum over the years. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Comedienne Phyllis Diller and her then-husband Warde Donovan spent time visiting Greenfield Village in 1968.