The Ford and Edison families vacationed together for twenty-five years.  When Edison was on his deathbed, Ford begged Edison's son, Charles, to capture Edison's dying breath into a test tube.  No one can be sure if Charles fulfilled this request, but a sealed tube was found at Fairlane after Clara Ford's death

Below Thomas Edison chatting with Clara Ford
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