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- Radiola Broadcast Receiver, Type 1375, Used at Tuckerton Wireless Station, 1922-1923 - This radio equipment was used at the German-built Tuckerton Wireless Station in New Jersey. A powerful 820-foot antenna communicated with an identical station in Germany. National security concerns during WWI led to the seizure of Tuckerton by the U.S. government in 1917. It is cited to be the origin of information leaks leading to the RMS <em>Lusitania</em> disaster through U-boat attack.
- 1922-1923
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Radiola Broadcast Receiver, Type 1375, Used at Tuckerton Wireless Station, 1922-1923
This radio equipment was used at the German-built Tuckerton Wireless Station in New Jersey. A powerful 820-foot antenna communicated with an identical station in Germany. National security concerns during WWI led to the seizure of Tuckerton by the U.S. government in 1917. It is cited to be the origin of information leaks leading to the RMS Lusitania disaster through U-boat attack.
- Finch Facsimile Transmitter, 1938-1940 - From 1938-1940, the <em>Detroit News</em> experimented with a domestic radio-facsimile subscription service. This transmitter converted images and text into electrical impulses, sent over the radio waves--reassembled by receivers in the homes of customers. The idea was revolutionary, however, the process was slow and signal reception was unreliable beyond a mile or two of the transmission tower.
- 1938-1940
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Finch Facsimile Transmitter, 1938-1940
From 1938-1940, the Detroit News experimented with a domestic radio-facsimile subscription service. This transmitter converted images and text into electrical impulses, sent over the radio waves--reassembled by receivers in the homes of customers. The idea was revolutionary, however, the process was slow and signal reception was unreliable beyond a mile or two of the transmission tower.
- Stenographic Report of Proceedings of Light's Golden Jubilee at Dearborn, Michigan, October 21, 1929 -
- October 21, 1929
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Stenographic Report of Proceedings of Light's Golden Jubilee at Dearborn, Michigan, October 21, 1929
- Chief Radio Officer Elmo Pickerill in the Radio Station on the SS Leviathan, 1923 -
- 1923
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Chief Radio Officer Elmo Pickerill in the Radio Station on the SS Leviathan, 1923
- Western Electric Volume Control Box, Used at Radio Station WKBN, Youngstown, Ohio, 1931-1937 -
- 1931-1935
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Western Electric Volume Control Box, Used at Radio Station WKBN, Youngstown, Ohio, 1931-1937
- Antenna Insulator, 1920 - Insulators--made of poor electrical conductors such as glass, ceramic, plastic, or composite materials--help make electric power and communication transmission lines safe. They isolate wires from utility poles, transmission towers, and buildings--structures that are made of conductive materials that could cause signal degradation, power loss, fire, or pose a shock hazard if the lines touched them.
- 1920
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Antenna Insulator, 1920
Insulators--made of poor electrical conductors such as glass, ceramic, plastic, or composite materials--help make electric power and communication transmission lines safe. They isolate wires from utility poles, transmission towers, and buildings--structures that are made of conductive materials that could cause signal degradation, power loss, fire, or pose a shock hazard if the lines touched them.
- Western Electric Microphone, Model 47A, Used at WXYZ Radio Station - Western Electric produced the first commercially available condenser microphone. It was widely used in broadcast, cinema, and studio applications until the mid-1930s, when ribbon microphones were introduced. WXYZ-Radio (whose call letters were WGHP until 1930) was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, producing popular programs like The Lone Ranger and Green Hornet.
- 1928-1935
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Western Electric Microphone, Model 47A, Used at WXYZ Radio Station
Western Electric produced the first commercially available condenser microphone. It was widely used in broadcast, cinema, and studio applications until the mid-1930s, when ribbon microphones were introduced. WXYZ-Radio (whose call letters were WGHP until 1930) was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, producing popular programs like The Lone Ranger and Green Hornet.
- Radio Transmitter House, Fordlandia, Brazil, 1929 -
- March 23, 1929
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Radio Transmitter House, Fordlandia, Brazil, 1929
- Western Electric Loop Antenna, 1924-1930 -
- 1924-1930
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Western Electric Loop Antenna, 1924-1930
- Edmund Berky Playing the Cimbalom during a Ford Radio Station WWI Broadcast, 1924 - Edmund Berky provided musical entertainment for a Ford Motor Company radio program in May 1924. Berky played several selections -- ranging from classical to folk tunes -- on a cimbalom, which is similar to a dulcimer. Musicians play the cimbalom by striking metal strings with spoon-shaped wooden hammers covered with cotton, felt, or leather.
- May 22, 1924
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Edmund Berky Playing the Cimbalom during a Ford Radio Station WWI Broadcast, 1924
Edmund Berky provided musical entertainment for a Ford Motor Company radio program in May 1924. Berky played several selections -- ranging from classical to folk tunes -- on a cimbalom, which is similar to a dulcimer. Musicians play the cimbalom by striking metal strings with spoon-shaped wooden hammers covered with cotton, felt, or leather.