Editing General Electric (section)

===Public company===
In 1896, General Electric was one of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average#History|original 12]] companies listed on the newly formed [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2011/07/15/the-first-12-dow-components-where-are-they-now/|title=The First 12 Dow Components: Where Are They Now?|last=Schaefer|first=Steve|work=Forbes|access-date=January 5, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233647/https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2011/07/15/the-first-12-dow-components-where-are-they-now/|archive-date=January 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> where it remained a part of the index for 122 years, though not continuously.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quasimodos.com/info/dowhistory.html |title=History of the Dow – Timeline of Companies |publisher=Quasimodos.com |date=January 4, 1984 |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422155542/http://www.quasimodos.com/info/dowhistory.html |archive-date=April 22, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Carmen Miranda by General Electric (1945).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=1945 magazine ad for an FM radio with pictures of Miranda|[[Carmen Miranda]] in a 1945 advertisement for a General Electric FM radio in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'']]

In 1911, General Electric absorbed the National Electric Lamp Association (NELA) into its lighting business. GE established its lighting division headquarters at [[Nela Park]] in [[East Cleveland, Ohio]]. The lighting division has since remained in the same location.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2016/12/nela_park_light_display_hower.html|title=Nela Park holiday lights, Hower House Museum display and recycle holiday lights: Home and Garden News|work=cleveland.com|access-date=March 24, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621225754/http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2016/12/nela_park_light_display_hower.html|archive-date=June 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>