Heroes of Radio and Television at The Henry Ford

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The Henry Ford is home to many important artifacts that document the early history of radio and television. In this set, explore technical wizards and advocate-entrepreneurs working in the rising communications industry of the early 20th-century: Edwin Armstrong, Lee DeForest, David Sarnoff, and Vladimir Zworykin.

De Forest Singing Arc Type Radiophone Transmitter, 1907 - 1

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Lee De Forest Visiting Greenfield Village during Light's Golden Jubilee, October 21, 1929

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DeForest Audion Tube, Type D-01A, circa 1924

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De Forest Audion Tube, circa 1908

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De Forest Audion Tube, 1910-1914

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First Portable Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Made by Edwin Howard Armstrong, 1923 - 1

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Marion Armstrong Presents the First Portable Superheterodyne Radio Receiver to Henry Ford Museum, September 22, 1967

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David Sarnoff Introduces Television as a New Industry at the New York World's Fair, April 20, 1939

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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958

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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Presenting Donald Shelley with a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958

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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin with a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958

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Portrait of Vladimir. K. Zworykin, 1930-1950

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