WIZARD'S HOME
Two E44's roll a northbound on the Northeast Corridor through Menlo Park NJ on a dreary winter day 03-09-1978. Thomas Alva Edison bought 34 acres of property here in 1875 and by 1876 his laboratory became the world's first such research and development facility of its kind.He invented the phonograph and first successful light bulb there and he came to be known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park". E44's 4407,4411. Howard Kent Jr.photo.
WIZARD'S HOME
Two E44's roll a northbound on the Northeast Corridor through Menlo Park NJ on a dreary winter day 03-09-1978. Thomas Alva Edison bought 34 acres of property here in 1875 and by 1876 his laboratory became the world's first such research and development facility of its kind.He invented the phonograph and first successful light bulb there and he came to be known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park". E44's 4407,4411. Howard Kent Jr.photo.