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Edison, West Orange, 1902

Written by webmin

This image has been floating around the offices here at Hemmings for so long, we’re not sure who sent it to us or when. What we do know, besides the date of the photo, is that it depicts Thomas Edison (and presumably his wife Mina) within Edison’s compound in West Orange, New Jersey (now a […]

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Henry Ford’s hydroelectric dream on the Hudson

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In August 1918, Henry Ford bought the entire northern half of Green Island, New York. His friend, Thomas Edison, had introduced Ford to the area; Edison founded GE in nearby Schenectady and reportedly loved to fish and hunt on that half of the island hugging the west bank of the Hudson River, just a dozen […]

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Henry Ford and the electric car

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photo from the collections of The Henry Ford
That Henry Ford and Thomas Edison became good friends later in their lives is well known. They camped together, they presented each other with lavish gifts, they owned houses immediately adjacent to each other. Many Ford enthusiasts also know that, at the time Ford first drove his Quadricycle […]

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Tagged A.B.C. Starter Company, Alexander Churchward, alt-power cars, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, Electric cars, featured posts, ford, Fred Allison, Gray and Davis, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison  
 
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