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Thomas A. Edison Winter Home, Fort Myers, Florida, Published date: no date listed, circa 1950s. Softcover; [48] unpaginated pp; 15 cm. Illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations throughout, including portraits, museum exhibits, automobiles, gardens, buildings, and a folding-style map at rear; includes extensive botanical index.
In good condition. Original yellow printed paper wrappers; mild age toning and light surface soiling to covers; binding stable. Interior pages with scattered small stains and foxing, including several rust-like spots at gutter margins affecting multiple leaves; otherwise pages lightly age toned and unmarked. Visitor guide and interpretive booklet issued by the Thomas A. Edison Winter Home in Fort Myers, Florida. The text presents a guided tour of Edison's winter residence, laboratories, museum collections, gardens, and surrounding grounds, with historical commentary on Edison's life in Fort Myers, his experimental work including rubber research, and associated figures such as Henry Ford. Illustrated with period photographs and concluding with a substantial botanical index documenting plant species cultivated on the property, along with a hand-drawn map of the site. The booklet also references the annual Edison Pageant of Light and contemporary museum gift offerings, situating the publication in the mid-20th-century era of historic-site interpretation.