Inside Thomas Edison's Historic New Jersey Laboratory

See inside Thomas Edison's New Jersey lab, where some of America's biggest inventions took shape

Thomas Edison worked at his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, for nearly 45 years. Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images Thomas Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, opened in 1887. Edison personally conducted experiments in chemistry, machinery, electricity, and other fields. In the laboratory, he and his staff developed the first motion-picture camera. In what is perhaps Thomas Edison's most famous quote, the inventor said, "Genius is one percent inspiration, 99 percent pe...