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- Portrait of Vladimir. K. Zworykin, 1930-1950 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history. Together they allowed electronic television to become a viable technology. Zworykin also headed the creation of the electron microscope and infrared tubes used in night vision "sniperscopes" during WWII.
- 1930-1950
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Portrait of Vladimir. K. Zworykin, 1930-1950
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history. Together they allowed electronic television to become a viable technology. Zworykin also headed the creation of the electron microscope and infrared tubes used in night vision "sniperscopes" during WWII.
- Man Examining Agricultural Equipment on Exhibit at the Michigan State Fair, September 10, 1936 -
- September 10, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Man Examining Agricultural Equipment on Exhibit at the Michigan State Fair, September 10, 1936
- Letter to Henry Ford from H.H. Raby, July 9, 1944 -
- July 09, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Letter to Henry Ford from H.H. Raby, July 9, 1944
- Edwin S. Pridham Testing the Magnavox Anti-Noise Transmitter, 1919 -
- 1919
- Collections - Artifact
Edwin S. Pridham Testing the Magnavox Anti-Noise Transmitter, 1919
- Agricultural Equipment on Exhibit at the Michigan State Fair, September 11, 1936 -
- September 11, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Agricultural Equipment on Exhibit at the Michigan State Fair, September 11, 1936
- Russell House Bill of Fare, Detroit, Michigan, Monday, October 12, 1857 -
- October 12, 1857
- Collections - Artifact
Russell House Bill of Fare, Detroit, Michigan, Monday, October 12, 1857
- Radio Installation on Boat, View Looking Toward Bow and Pilot's Cockpit, 1918 -
- October 25, 1918
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Radio Installation on Boat, View Looking Toward Bow and Pilot's Cockpit, 1918
- Complete Set of Colonial Weights and Measures Used in the Town Hall of Alexandria, Virginia, 1920-1922 -
- 1920-1922
- Collections - Artifact
Complete Set of Colonial Weights and Measures Used in the Town Hall of Alexandria, Virginia, 1920-1922
- Automatic Piston Pin Gauging and Sorting Machine Designed by Claude Harvard, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1942 -
- January 15, 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Automatic Piston Pin Gauging and Sorting Machine Designed by Claude Harvard, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1942
- Tin Peddler in Horse-Drawn Wagon, 1900-1920 - Tinsmiths came up with ingenious ways to sell their wares, retailing them in their shops, at local general stores, and through traveling peddlers. Some peddlers worked directly for or under contract to a tinsmith, but many were independent. They bought stock from tin shop owners and sold it in open markets or from portable carts or wagons like the one shown here.
- 1900-1920
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Tin Peddler in Horse-Drawn Wagon, 1900-1920
Tinsmiths came up with ingenious ways to sell their wares, retailing them in their shops, at local general stores, and through traveling peddlers. Some peddlers worked directly for or under contract to a tinsmith, but many were independent. They bought stock from tin shop owners and sold it in open markets or from portable carts or wagons like the one shown here.