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no. 89. Edison, Inc. Constable, May 13, 1919 (in 1919, WOL-General). 331 Minutes the Board Directors, Thomas Edison, Inc. These extended from the floor the tops the windows and the space above them appears have been used as storage. The piers have wooden cabinets and pigeon holes placed them. By 1916, Stephen Mambert held the position financial executive Thomas A.P.main room the middle the building was dominated the line pier tables on the west, and offices and experimental rooms the east side. While Edison was certainly not enthusiastic about the new technology radio and electric amplification, many his laboratory staff were and they acquired and experimented several the new devices that appeared after World War I.720/1, neg. 5587, taken between 1917 and 1919, not reproduced this report 330 Letter J. this product stayed viable while the amusement phonograph went into decline, justified continuing experimental program.330 As the business phonograph was the only part the Edison product line to incorporate electrical amplification, the likely place carry these experiments was Building 1930 all radio equipment and experiments were transferred to a new building the Phonograph Works. 329 Photograph no. The boundaries of this space were the two offices the front the building and partition erected across the north end create offices the rear., April 14, 1930, vol. The partition was faced with large display cabinets with glass doors. The counter the west wall also crowded with equipment. This would have been what the staff called "Holland’s lab," where Newman Holland developed new types dictating machines.329 This partition cut off two pier tables from the main room and housed an enclosed office the east side (see schematic plan 2). 14., and his offices were located Building left Edison’s employment 1924, but not known whether continued work in Building until that time (see for more Stephen Mambert’s career). The open space and pier tables the west side the building were devoted to electrical and acoustic experiments related the business phonograph.331 94 . Although Holland spent much his time office on the third floor Building appears that still experimented here during this period. A photograph taken 1915 shows Holland work Building (figure 9)