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This photo (by J.W. White of Port Huron, MI) was taken as a shift occurred in Edison's relation to the electric light and power industry he had helped create. The birth of General Electric from a merger of rivals Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Company pricked Edison's ego - his name had been dropped from the company name - but allowed him to move away from manufacturing and focus on research. Despite his having a seat on GE's Board and receiving contracts for a modest amount of research work, Edison did little to shape the company's strategic direction. That role fell to former Thomson-Houston president Charles Coffin, and financier J.P. Morgan. |
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