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1. EDISM_060117_052.JPG: Thomas Edison's Model T was purchased from a local Ford dealership in Fort Myers. It was then given to Edison as a gift from his friend Henry Ford. Ford offered Edison a new automobile every year, but Edison refused. Instead, he preferred to have new gadgets added to his vehicle. Thus, the body was replaced, and by 1925 the "1916" Motel T had a new 4 cylinder, 20 horsepower engine, a battery-electric starting system and a generator.
2. EDISM_060117_067.JPG: Concrete fragments from the photograph works building in West Orange, New Jersey. The structure was made of Edison Portland Cement. It was demolished on July 16, 1974.
3. EDISM_060117_071.JPG: Edison Projecting Kinetoscope. Early model with spool bank. Patents 1891-1897. Price $75. During the early experimental period, film was stored on a spoolbank in both the projecting and peep show kinetoscopes.
4. EDISM_060117_089.JPG: Ford "Chuck Wagon" (1918). In 1918, Henry Ford had a special box built on this Model T Roadster. The resulting camper, nicknamed the "chuck wagon," was used by Ford, Edison, and Burroughs on their camping trips throughout the United States between 1918 and 1924. The camper served a number of purposes. It was constructed to carry water and supplies. The back contains three large drawers to store foodstuffs, linens and utensils. Below the drawers was a pull-out table.
5. EDISM_060117_095.JPG: Edison Embossing Translating Telegraph. This embossing telegraph was said by Edison to be the father of the phonograph.
6. EDISM_060117_221.JPG: Electric pen, circa 1876
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Wikipedia Description: Edison and Ford Winter Estates
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The Edison and Ford Winter Estates contain a historical museum and 17 acre (6.9 hectares) botanical garden on the adjacent sites of the winter homes of Thomas Alva Edison and Henry Ford beside the Caloosahatchee River in southwestern Florida. It is located at 2350 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida, USA. It is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, including Sundays.

History:

The present site dates from 1885, when Edison first visited Florida and purchased the property to build a vacation home. This structure, completed in 1886 and dubbed "Seminole Lodge", served as a winter retreat, laboratory, and work place until Edison's death in 1931. Edison’s good friend Henry Ford purchased the adjoining property in 1915 where he built "The Mangoes". In 1947, Mrs. Thomas Edison deeded the property to the City of Fort Myers in memory of her husband for the enjoyment of the public. It was opened for public tours in 1950. By 1988, the adjacent Henry Ford winter estate was purchased and opened for public tours. In 2003, the governance of the site was transferred by the City to a new non-profit corporation, Thomas Edison & Henry Ford Winter Estates, Inc. (dba Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Inc) whose mission is to protect, preserve and interpret the site and future growth and development. The new corporation successfully completed a $10 million restoration project in 2006. A separate fundraising arm, Edison-Ford Winter Estates Foundation, Inc., was created to assist the restoration project with no function in governance, programming or development but rather to assist the governing board with the initial restoration.

Gardens:

Edison's botanical garden contains more than a thousand varieties of plants from around the world, including African sausage trees and a 400-foot banyan tree given by Harvey Firestone in 1925. It was originally an experimental garden for industrial products. Later Mrs. Ediso ...More...
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