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Thomas Edison Placing Luther Burbank's Spade into the Edison Institute Cornerstone, September 27, 1928
Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department1928-09-27
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
September 27th, 1928, on the future site of Henry Ford's new museum, famed inventor Thomas Edison placed a spade once used by legendary horticulturist Luther Burbank into a block of freshly poured Portland cement. Afterwards, Ford watched his friend and personal hero write his name in the wet cement, officially dedicating Henry Ford Museum--where this "cornerstone" is now displayed.
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- Title: Thomas Edison Placing Luther Burbank's Spade into the Edison Institute Cornerstone, September 27, 1928
- Creator: Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department
- Date: 1928-09-27
- Location: United States, Michigan, Dearborn
- Subject Keywords: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926, Henry Ford (Organization), Cornerstones, Founders (Originators), Museums, Photographic prints, Photographs, Group portraits, Signatures (Names)
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: EI.1929.P.188.5517
- Inventor: Thomas Edison
- Image ID: THF267113
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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