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Congressional Gold Medal Recipient
Thomas Alva Edison
Receiving a Congressional Gold Medal honoring his achievements, 1928 Largely through the work of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon, Congress awarded Edison a special
Gold Medal at a ceremony at West Orange in 1928. President Calvin Coolidge gave the opening address. The photograph shows (left to right) Ronald Campbell, from the British Embassy, who was there to return the original phonograph that Edison had lent to the Science Museum in London 45 years before; Andrew Mellon; Mina Edison; Edison; and John Hibben, President of Princeton University.
SI negative #87-1700 Thomas A. Edison b. Milan, Erie, Ohio, 11 February 1847
d. Orange, Essex, New Jersey, 18 October 1931
Tuesday, 29 May 1928 Joint Resolution To provide for the striking of a medal commemorative of the achievements of Thomas A. Edison in illumining the path of progress through the development and application of inventions that have revolutionized civilization in the last century. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in recognition of the achievements of Thomas A. Edison, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to cause to be struck and presented to Thomas A. Edison a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. For such purpose there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,000. 45 Stat. 1012
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