An ongoing series about Thomas A. Edison’s desk, a popular and sought-out artifact at Edison’s historical laboratories where he ran his businesses and invented from for 20+ years, today known as the Thomas Edison National Historical Park. The desk was frozen in time the day that Edison died, left untouched as a symbol of historic and scientific innovation for hundreds of years to come. As one of the most awe-inspiring stops of the lab’s tour, it leaves visitors with many questions about Edison’s work and life which we will answer in this series.
If you have seen pictures of Thomas Edison’s roll-top desk or better yet, stood close by it, you cannot help but be awed by what the great inventor accomplished from there..including one of his most helpful talents – Organization!
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