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Behind the scenes with 'The Wizard of Menlo Park' from CNET

CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman recently visited the Thomas Edison National Historic Park and filed a very informative story that presents an overview of the sights and sounds visitors enjoy at the extensive complex including the labs and Edison home at nearby Glenmont. 

For a great story and nice color photos please click on the image of the first phonograph, sometimes called the Kruesi Model to the right.  This will link directly to the "up close and personal story" at CNET.com.    Please click photo!

The July 5th, 2010 issue of Time Magazine features Thomas Alva Edison as the special 9th annual history edition.  Please click this image of Time Magazine to link to their website, where you can access this issue's "Table of Contents" and summaries of the several distinct articles delineating Edison's legacy.

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Special Features and Topics included in this article are Electricity, Phonograph, Movies, To Our Readers, Photos of the World's First R&D Lab.  The on line version of Time Magazine linked here includes some great Videos: Incredible Talking Machine, The AC/DC Battle, Movie (and Talkie!) Pioneer, The Electric Light and Edison's Menlo Park Lab.

Recently Ken Mandel, Treasurer and Charley Hummel, Chairman of Friends of Thomas Edison National Historic Park presented Greg Marshall, Superintendent, Thomas Edison National Historical Park a commemorative remnant of the recently demolished Yankee Stadium.

Yankee Stadium was built with Edison's Portland cement, read the history.  Sometime in the future the Friends of Thomas Edison NHP hope to market/auction samples of other (much smaller) pieces of the collected cement to raise money to support a variety of activities and projects at the Park.  

Details about this program are not yet available.   If you have any suggestions or questions about this expected program, please contact Charley, Ken Mandel or John, click Contact. 

Please spend some time looking around.  Be sure to see the on-line video presentations that give an introduction to the fabulous Edison Historic Site properties. This is the next best thing to being there and something you'll want to see if you're planning on visiting the Thomas Edison NHP in West Orange NJ.   The photos show some of what has already been accomplished particularly at the Edison Home in Glenmont and see improvements completed in the Labs.

The Friends of the Thomas Edison NHP have already accomplished so much with the archiving, cataloging, preserving the buildings, original material and items located at the Site.   But much more works needs to be done and you can participate in helping preserve this extraordinary history.

If you have some suggestions or content that you like to add to this Friends of Thomas Edison NHP website, please click Contact to get in touch with our volunteer team. Thanks for visiting, we hope to hear from you.

For more information on how to join the Friends of Thomas Edison NHP, please click on Programs.   

Special Program:

Adopt an Edison Phonograph

This is a unique opportunity for individuals, companies, phonograph collector clubs, research teams or anyone interested in participating in preserving the Edison legacy and history to "Adopt" one or more of the very rare Edison Phonographs that need some level of restoration so they may be included in a exhibit in the new Phonograph Gallery on the third floor at Building Five.  To see the machines up for adoption that need some special care before going on exhibit, please click here.

Free Lab Notebooks:

Lab Notebook, Winter 2009  <-- click here

Lab Notebook, Autumn 2007 <-- click here

The Lab Notebook is the Official Newsletter of the Thomas Edison National Historic Park (TENHP). Click on one of the above reports for some great information from the United States Department of Interior National Park Service located at the Thomas Edison NHP.  The on-line version of The Lab Notebook Newsletter in Adobe .pdf format contains some interesting articles about the history and current situation at TENHP, stories including personalities and profiles of staff and visitors to TENHP and more.

To read these on-line Lab Notebooks, you'll need an Adobe Reader Application Program on your PC.  If you already have Adobe Reader, just double-click on one of the above Lab Reports.  If you need an Adobe Reader click here, then make your selection.  By the way, you don't need any other software such as the Google Toolbar or other freebies, just download the reader if you need it.

After you visit our site here, be sure to visit our Friends at the Thomas Edison National Historic Park, <-- click!

And you should also be sure to visit our Friends at the Charles Edison Fund Site, <-- click!

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