Edison General Electric Works Photograph Album
name: label: Creator
content: Butler, William A.
label: Creator
content: Edison General Electric Works. (Schenectady (N.Y.)
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
place: label: Place
content: Schenectady (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Factories -- 1890-1900
label: Topic
content: Electricity
label: Topic
content: Electrical manufacturing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased from dealer, Keith D. DeLellis, 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Butler, William A.
label: Creator
content: Edison General Electric Works. (Schenectady (N.Y.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Edison General Electric Works Photograph Album
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Electrical product manufacturing company, established by Thomas A. Edison in Schenectady in 1886, consolidating all of Edison's electrical and power machinery interests.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Purchased in 1985 by the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering. Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 by the Division of Work and Industry.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1077
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1890-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: An album entitled "With Edison in Schenectady". It contains captioned photographs of subjects such as building exteriors and interiors, staff members, the power station, generators, close-ups of machines, and scenes of the factory floor. It was compiled and published by William H. Butler.