Fort Myers, Florida

MacGregor's Boulevard at Cocoanut Walk along the Edison Estate leading southwest to Ft. Myers Beach and Punta Rassa, the ferry point to Sanibel and Captiva Islands.

Motel Floridan - Fort Myers, Florida

Motel Floridan

South Tamiami Trail (US 41) Fort Myers, Fla.

20 Distinctive Units, all with T.V., Telephones, Steam Heat and Air Conditioned - Tropical Landscaping, Excellent Restaurant - Heated Fresh Water Swimming Pool.

Fort Myers, Florida

Thomas A. Edison called Ft. Myers his "adopted home" from 1885 when he first came here, until 1931, the year of his death.  On the grounds of his estate, where he maintained his laboratory, he planted elaborate botanical gardens containing rare tropical plants.  It was Edison who brought the first Royal Plams to Ft. Myers "The City of Palms."

Royal Palms in Front of the First Methodist Church, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Shrimp Fleet at anchor along palm lined Caloosahatchee River, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Fort Myers, Florida

The rambling, two-story Edison home is almost hidden in a mass of tropical foliage, with areca and cocos plumosa palms in the foreground.  The house was prefabricated in Maine in 1886 and shipped to Fort Myers by schooner. It is being maintained exactly as the Edisons left it.

House and surrounding tropical garden of Thomas A. Edison in Ft. Myers, Florida, which is now a shrine and showplace open to the public.

Banana plant, fruit and blossom in Edison Gardens, Edison Winter Home, Fort Myers, Florida.

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931

One of the greatest benefactors to mankind the world has ever known.  Fort Myers, Florida