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Thomas Edison with M. A. Cheek and Russell Firestone in La Belle, Florida, 1925
1925
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
In the 1920s, Thomas Edison began his search for a home-grown source of rubber. The U.S. imported rubber from Southeast Asia and the East Indies and Edison wanted a ready source in case America's supply was cut off. Edison experimented with a variety of plants at his Fort Myers, Florida and West Orange, New Jersey laboratories. Goldenrod proved most promising.
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- Title: Thomas Edison with M. A. Cheek and Russell Firestone in La Belle, Florida, 1925
- Date: 1925
- Location: United States, Florida, La Belle
- Subject Keywords: Cheek, M. A., Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Firestone, Russell Allen, 1901-1951, Experimentation, Research (Function), Rubber industry and trade, Rubber (Material), Photographic prints, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: P.188.10040
- Image ID: THF251956
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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