.
HAT, straw, with black band
(on table, section 9)
[Use summer only.]
Figure shows hat in
position.at long table
surrounded swivel desk
chairs.
PENCILS, Eagle brand, 6
and FOUNTAIN PENS, (on
table, section 9)
Common early twentieth
century office supply; voucher
428, 1890 for pencils.."
Acquire. Reproduce.
; LEDGER BOOKS, (on
table, section 9)
Figure 54; voucher 265, 1888;
voucher 1069,1888; voucher
711, 1890.
HAT, man’s black'fedora (on
table, section 9)
[Use winter only.
Acquire.
Exchanging INKSTAND (on
table, section 8)
Common early twentieth
century office supply; voucher
428, 1890.]
Figure 86. here that
directors’ meetings are
sometimes held.
HAND BLOTTER (on table,
section 9)
.
ORIENTAL CARPET, large
(in center room, next to
carpet under Edison’s desk,
section 10)
Figures 61, 62, 63, 67, 70, 73,
74, and 81; the Evening Sun,
February 11, 1889: "On the
polished floor.were thirteen
thick, soft Smyrna rugs. Common early twentieth
century office supply..
Reproduce.
Use EDIS 131.WRITING PADS (on table,
section 9)
Figures and 73; Edison:
His Life and Inventions, p.
Reproduce.
251
.."
Acquire.
OVERCOAT, man’s black
wool (draped over armchair
at table, section 9)
[Use winter only. Reproduce..]
Figures 61, 62, and 73...
CONTENTS DESK (in
Edison’s desk above, section
10)
Retain contents currently in
desk..
Acquire.
642: ".
DESK, Edison’s rolltop (in
center room, facing south,
section 10)
Figures 61, 62, 70, 73, 74, 81,
and 86.
Acquire..if the
occasion calls for it, [Edison]
will turn around the table,
seize writing-pad
