{"id":573,"date":"2022-12-14T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/?p=573"},"modified":"2023-01-25T03:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T03:45:03","slug":"laboratory-and-workshops-at-thomas-edison-and-henry-ford-winter-estates-fort-meyers-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/laboratory-and-workshops-at-thomas-edison-and-henry-ford-winter-estates-fort-meyers-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory and Workshops at Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Winter Estates &#8211; Fort Meyers, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thomas Edison had several labs and workshops at his Florida Winter Estate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged204.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged204-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Edison's Winter Laboratory\" class=\"wp-image-554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged204-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged204-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged204-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged204.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edison&#8217;s Winter Laboratory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged205.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged205-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Edison's Winter Laboratory\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged205-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged205-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged205-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged205.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edison&#8217;s Winter Laboratory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edison&#8217;s Winter Laboratory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edison was studying sources of natural rubber from plants. There was at least one large rubber plant on site, and he was experimenting with other plants, such as goldenrod, that could potentially be used for commercial rubber production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged209.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged209-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Edison's Winter Laboratory\" class=\"wp-image-559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged209-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged209-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged209-768x513.jpg 768w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged208.jpg 642w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged208-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edison&#8217;s Winter Laboratory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged207.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged207-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Edison's Winter Laboratory\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ged207-1024x684.jpg 1024w, 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We toured the grounds, but we only had time to quickly walk through the museum and laboratory. If you want to find out more about this site or to visit check out their website at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edisonfordwinterestates.org\/what-to-see\/historic-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.edisonfordwinterestates.org\/what-to-see\/historic-homes\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy our blog, please check out and support us at our web store at: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistory\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistory\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Edison had several labs and workshops at his Florida Winter Estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,23,18],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","category-ftmyers","category-museum","tag-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}