Lee De Forest Visiting Greenfield Village during Light's Golden Jubilee, October 21, 1929
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Lee De Forest was an inventor, engineer, and the self-styled "Father of Radio." In 1906, he invented the Audion tube, allowing the detection and amplification of weak radio signals. In this image, De Forest is shown visiting Greenfield Village during the Light's Golden Jubilee event--a celebration held to honor Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp.
Lee De Forest was an inventor, engineer, and the self-styled "Father of Radio." In 1906, he invented the Audion tube, allowing the detection and amplification of weak radio signals. In this image, De Forest is shown visiting Greenfield Village during the Light's Golden Jubilee event--a celebration held to honor Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.P.O.5042
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
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