"
Use existing face and
movement, put working
order.
257
. This huge screen
or curtain which may be
drawn down the floor to
provide means projection
for lantern slides motion
pictures, for the
entertainment instruction
of Edison and his guests."
Use EDIS 142.CLOCK, built-in, running if
possible (north wall above
fireplace)
Figures 51, 62, 77, 88, and 89;
voucher, Electric Time Co, "1
Clock Movement Heavy,"
February, 1889; Edison: His
Life and Inventions, 642:
".the huge open fireplace,
surmounted great clock
built into the wall, one end
of the room.....
Use EDIS 621 (oil painting of
Charles Edison).."
Omit; shelves not visible
from floor..
SCREEN, for motion pictures,
white fabric, covered with
darker fabric (suspended
above first tier, north wall)
Figures (no cover), 51, 62,
67 (screen unrolled), and 88
(covered with greenery);
Edison: His Life and
Inventions, 644: "On
looking under the second
gallery this end seen a
great roll resting sockets
placed each side the
room.
Second Balcony (sections
25-38A)
Various Framed PRINTS
(hung railing surrounding
the library)
Figures 64, 65, and 88..
Framed PRINT (on divider,
section 25)
Common practice library;
no photographic evidence. Use EDIS 669 (portrait Sir
Henry Bessemer); EDIS 8050
(Golden Gate illumination);
EDIS 8046 (interior engine
housing); EDIS 8047 (portrait
of Lord Kelvin),
MINERAL SAMPLES or
PERIODICALS (on shelves
visible from floor, alcove 25,
section 25)
Common practice library;
Edison: His Life and
Inventions, 641: "The
shelves the remainder of
the upper gallery.are filled
with countless thousands of
specimens ores and
minerals every conceivable
kind gathered from all parts
of the world, and all tagged
and numbered
