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Thomas A. Edison and wife Mrs. Mina Edison meets with Harvey Firestone; Edison visits a rose garden with Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison and his wife, Mrs. Mina Miller Edison, possibly on the grounds of Edison Park in Fort Myers, Florida. The couple walking down path in tropical garden toward a small pool. There is a microphone standing in front of the pool. A man meets Edison and gives him a paper. Mrs. Edison is holding a corsage. The Edisons meet with a group of men including businessman Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. and his son Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr. A man hands a hat to Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison, possibly Henry Ford, and another man visit a rose garden. Thomas Edison picks a rose in the garden. Thomas Edison and (possibly) Henry Ford both looking at the rose.
Animations depict the relative efficiency of different sources of energy; turbines at a power plant in the United States
Slate reads “He who leaves the beaten track in search of knowledge oft comes unexpected to his goal.”. A photo of a sunrise with word “Light”. Diagram enumerates the types of light- torch, candle, kerosene, gas and electric- and their level of relative efficiency. A drawing featuring different types of lights. Animation depicts a man hand pedaling to pull a block and tackle. Animations show a moving horse and engines that operate on steam, gasoline, and electricity, operate similar machines, pulling block and tackle faster than man. Lights illuminate Times Square in New York City at night. Giant turbines operate at a power plant in the United States.
Vintage electric streetcar, electric truck, and electric motorized carts in the United States
An early electric streetcar parked in train yard. Edison batteries are seen installed under the streetcar. Vintage electric streetcar underway. An L. Bamberger & Co. (also known as Bamberger’s) Department Store electric delivery van drives to a building. An electric luggage car stops in front of a train carriage. A man driving a motorized electric cart and carrying boxes of sugar next to an “American Sugar” train car. A man operates an electric motorized cart carrying a crate marked, "General Electric Co. inside a warehouse. A warehouse employee drives an electric motorized vehicle pulling carts filled with barrels.
Early electric lighting and electric locomotive in the mining industry
Photo of a miner digging and words above him read “Provide safe lighting and economical hauling for mining operations”. A young miner shows off his uniform and lighting headgear powered by an Edison battery. Battery powered electric locomotive pulling ore carts emerges from mine tunnel.
Edison batteries used for lighting railway cars, train track signals and switching in the United States
Railway car with lighting powered by Edison batteries (also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe battery) in the United States. A man opens the compartment under a train that contains Edison batteries, also known as storage batteries. He pulls out one of the storage batteries inside the compartment. Lights inside the train car. Train signal moving. A switch tower in a train junction. Engineers operate control in tower to change switch direction. Railroad switch moving. Locomotive and train moving down track.
The rugged durability and characteristics of Edison Batteries under testing and in use.
A diagram compares the payload capacity between vehicles powered by lead battery versus Edison battery. A WW1 era United States battleship sailing in an ocean. Steel beams of a skyscraper under construction. Vibration testing of Edison battery to check durability under use. A man operating an electric motorized cart carrying packages crosses a train track and loses one of the packages. Animation demonstrates the benefits of the Edison Battery, noting that it can be overcharged, overcharged, and even reverse charged. Photo of Edison battery array in a control room. A ‘Mrs. Wagner’s Pies- The Wagner Pastry Co.’ Edison battery electric delivery van is started and drives in the midst of a blizzard, thus demonstrating battery resistance to freezing conditions. This is probably near Newark, New Jersey, headquarters for the company.