April 20, 2024
Tag: Mina Edison
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Thomas Edison and Henry Ford
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Thomas Edison and Henry Ford had become friends when Ford worked for Edison in Detroit. They established Winter retreats next to each other in Fort Myers, Florida. The inventor and the automobile magnate collaborated on several projects and were still close when Edison died in 1931.
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August 3, 2023 8 Comments
Hy Mariampolski honors the passing of a friend with this article illustrated with cards she collected. The Russian restaurants and tea-rooms of Manhattan helped eastern European immigrants of the 1900s through the 1920s feel at home without the political machinations of Old World tyrants, thugs, and miscreants.