Warner Brothers Studios Portable Radio Broadcasting Station 6XBR near Denver, Colorado, 1926

THF267376 / Warner Brothers Studios Portable Radio Broadcasting Station 6XBR near Denver, Colorado, 1926

THF267377 / Warner Brothers Studios Portable Radio Broadcasting Station 6XBR near Denver, Colorado, 1926 / back

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1926

Collection Title

Research Center Museum Vertical File

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2017.0.2.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

front lower right: PORTABLE 36 front lower left: DENVER verso: WARNER BROS. TRAVELLING BROADCASTING STATION, 6XBR, WHICH WILL HEAD THE MONSTER RADIO WORLD'S FAIR WELCOME PARADE IN NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH. MAYOR JAMES WALKER WILL RECEIVE THE PARADE AT CITY HALL AND HIS SPEECH OF WELCOME WILL BE BROADCAST BY 6XBR AND PICKED-UP BY WFBH, METER LENGHT 273, SO THAT ALL RADIO FANS IN A RADIUS OF 1,000 MILES MAY TUNE IN. THE 6XBR WILL BROADCAST ON ITS OWN METER LENGTH, 107, ALONG THE COUSE OF THE PARADE. / WRITE OR WIRE FOR RESERVATIONS IN THIS PARADE TODAY / BARRAN LEWIS, WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC., 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK OR A. L. RIES, 406 TIMES BLDG., NEW YORK CITY.

Keywords	United States, Colorado, Denver Photographic prints Photographs Antennas Automobiles Buses Motion picture industry Publicity Radio broadcasting Radio stations Trailers Transcontinental journeys World's fairs Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) Moreland Motor Truck Company Radio World's Fair (1926 : New York, N.Y.)