Audio
Welcome to Glenmont (1)
Transcript
Welcome to Glenmont, home of Thomas and Mina Edison. With each stop of the tour, you’ll get to know the estate that Thomas and Mina loved so much. To bring you up to speed, Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, raised in Michigan, and traveled as a young man around the east coast as a telegrapher. His first laboratory was in Newark, New Jersey where he met and married Mary Stilwell. They had three children. Marion, Thomas Jr, who were nicknamed ‘Dot’ and ‘Dash’ after his work with the telegraph, and William Leslie. Edison’s second laboratory was in Menlo Park, New Jersey where he worked on the phonograph and the electrical distribution system. While working in New York City on the electrical system, Mary Stilwell took ill and died in 1884. Thomas Edison never spent much time in Menlo Park again after that. He remarried in 1886 and bought the Glenmont estate for his new bride, Mina Miller.
Description
An introduction to the audio tour and Edison's life prior to coming to West Orange.
Credit
NPS
Date Created
04/12/2023
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