Andrew Mellon

1920

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Andrew Mellon
  • Title
  • Andrew Mellon
  • Date
  • 1920
  • Identifier
  • Mellon01.UA
  • Description
  • Portrait of Andrew W. Mellon. Mellon was an alumnus of the Western University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1873. He went on to work in banking with his family and to serve as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover. He established the A. W. Mellon Charitable Trust in 1930. Mellon was also responsible for the creation of the National Gallery through the donation of his art collection. He also served as ambassador to the Court of St. James. Photograph stamped: Edmonston, Washington, D.C.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Industrialists
    Businesspeople
    Politicians
    Men
    Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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