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Edison at a dedication ceremony, 1920s
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Edison had always been good at public relations. At West Orange, he made sure that significant events were photographed and granted interviews on almost any subject. But fame brought demands. He served on boards, attended opening ceremonies, received honorary degrees, and posed with other celebrities. An annual auto-camping trip (beginning in 1916) with friends Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs inevitably turned into a publicity event.
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Dedicating the Edison bridge at Ft. Myers, 1931 |
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Dedicating a monument, 1920s |
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Edison making a telephone call from San Francisco at the inauguration of the
transcontinental line, 1915 |
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With baseball manager and commissioner Connie Mack, 1926 |
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With George Eastman, the founder of Eastman Kodak, 1928 |
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Waiting for another invention, on a camping trip with industrialist Harvey
Firestone and President Warren Harding, 1921 |
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On a camping trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains, 1921. |
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Receiving a Congressional Gold Medal honoring his achievements, 1928 |
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Aboard ship as chairman of the Naval Consulting Board, 1915 |
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