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Sarah Jordan Boarding House
Unknown1865/1875
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
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- Title: Sarah Jordan Boarding House
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1865/1875
- Location: United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
- Subject Keywords: Jordan, Sarah, 1837-1910, Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941, Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Boardinghouses, Lodging houses, Buildings (Structures)
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=258254
- Object Name: House
- Object ID: 28.1004.1
- Image ID: THF2007
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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