in the laboratory and only two them could have worked chemists.aisle and that the door the balance room closed suggests either that the
laboratory was doing other work and only Edison and few assistants worked
there, that this photograph was staged for publicity.360 Much
of the experimental work for the rubber project was carried out Edison’s
chemical laboratory his Fort Myers home.A.)
While the photograph depicting Edison the laboratory could certainly have been
staged, the conclusion that little work was going the laboratory this time
is supported the labor records. Edison Time Sheets," Employee Records, Boxes 120-122.
360 "Laboratory T.
106
. (The door the balance
room may closed simply block out light order take the photograph. the late 1920s more than men worked
