History of Inventing in New Jersey

The Garden State: Where Ideas Grow Maplewood Library will celebrate Jersey’s 350th Anniversary with a talk by Linda Barth, author of A History of Inventing in New Jersey: From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone. New Jersey inventors and innovators have changed the lives of people around the world. Hundreds of thousands of new ideas got their start right here. What makes New Jersey the state where ideas grow? This fascinating talk will take us from submarines to bar codes, from the electric guitar and graham crackers, to cell phones. Wednesday, June 30 7:00 pm at Main Library