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- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.

- April 30, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 -

- April 30, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- Portrait of Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin and a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, 1958 -

- May 01, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin and a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, 1958
- David Sarnoff Introduces Television as a New Industry at the New York World's Fair, April 20, 1939 - David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, is pictured here introducing monochrome television at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1946, he similarly introduced electronic color television. Sarnoff was a technology advocate and credited as the "father of broadcasting"--the idea that radio could serve as mass communication--rather than messages sent between one operator and another.

- April 20, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
David Sarnoff Introduces Television as a New Industry at the New York World's Fair, April 20, 1939
David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, is pictured here introducing monochrome television at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1946, he similarly introduced electronic color television. Sarnoff was a technology advocate and credited as the "father of broadcasting"--the idea that radio could serve as mass communication--rather than messages sent between one operator and another.
- Record Album, Oldsmobile Spotlights "The New Stars In Action," 1964 - Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. The power of branding -- coupled with consumer brand loyalty -- has also led to the creation of promotional items designed for sale to the public. Oldsmobile owners could enjoy the easy listening of Ann-Margret, Anthony Newley, and others with this promotional record from 1964.

- 1964
- Collections - Artifact
Record Album, Oldsmobile Spotlights "The New Stars In Action," 1964
Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. The power of branding -- coupled with consumer brand loyalty -- has also led to the creation of promotional items designed for sale to the public. Oldsmobile owners could enjoy the easy listening of Ann-Margret, Anthony Newley, and others with this promotional record from 1964.
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley an Early Vidicon Television Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 -

- April 30, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley an Early Vidicon Television Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Presenting Donald Shelley with a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.

- April 30, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Presenting Donald Shelley with a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin with a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 - 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.

- April 30, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Vladimir Zworykin with a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
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.
- "Enjoy Unsurpassed Natural Color, Buy RCA Victor New Vista Color TV," 1963 -

- 1963
- Collections - Artifact
"Enjoy Unsurpassed Natural Color, Buy RCA Victor New Vista Color TV," 1963