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Cadillac Corner: 1906

Detroit circa 1906. "Hotel Cadillac, Washington Boulevard." Last seen here, with a different cast of characters. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Detroit circa 1906. "Hotel Cadillac, Washington Boulevard." Last seen here, with a different cast of characters. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

 

Nusbaum's Lining Store: 1906

Rochester, New York, circa 1906. "Masonic Temple, North Clinton Avenue and Mortimer Street." District headquarters of the Free & Accepted Masons, whose retail tenants include Wunder Tailor, Nusbaum's Lining Store, E.J. Egbert & Co. and Underwood Typewriter. This imposing edifice, completed in 1902, was razed in 1932 to make room for a movie theater parking lot. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Rochester, New York, circa 1906. "Masonic Temple, North Clinton Avenue and Mortimer Street." District headquarters of the Free & Accepted Masons, whose retail tenants include Wunder Tailor, Nusbaum's Lining Store, E.J. Egbert & Co. and Underwood Typewriter. This imposing edifice, completed in 1902, was razed in 1932 to make room for a movie theater parking lot. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Time Tunnel: 1905

Gloucester, Massachusetts (vicinity), circa 1905. "Pergola, North Shore Grill Club, Magnolia." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Gloucester, Massachusetts (vicinity), circa 1905. "Pergola, North Shore Grill Club, Magnolia." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Check It Out: 1907

New York circa 1907. "Metropolitan Library, Fifth Avenue." The New York Public Library under construction. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1907. "Metropolitan Library, Fifth Avenue." The New York Public Library under construction. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Toy Boats: 1905

Gloucester, Massachusetts (vicinity), circa 1905. "Fisherman's cabin, Shore Road, Magnolia." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Gloucester, Massachusetts (vicinity), circa 1905. "Fisherman's cabin, Shore Road, Magnolia." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Postal Plaza: 1910

St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1910. "Post Office and Plaza de la Constitucion." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1910. "Post Office and Plaza de la Constitucion." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Postal Bestiary: 1905

Buffalo, New York, circa 1905. "Post Office on Ellicott Street." Note the numerous gargoyles. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Buffalo, New York, circa 1905. "Post Office on Ellicott Street." Note the numerous gargoyles. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

A Lovely Bunch: 1906

1906. "Eating cocoanuts -- Nassau, Bahama Islands, British West Indies." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1906. "Eating cocoanuts -- Nassau, Bahama Islands, British West Indies." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Imposing Repository: 1905

New York, 1905. "Hall of Records (Surrogate's Courthouse), Chambers and Centre streets." The building two years prior to its completion, minus many of the statues that can be seen in this later view from 1910. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York, 1905. "Hall of Records (Surrogate's Courthouse), Chambers and Centre streets." The building two years prior to its completion, minus many of the statues that can be seen in this later view from 1910. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Love on the Rocks: 1910

Somewhere mountainous circa 1910. "Young couple on rock holding hands, full-length portrait." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Somewhere mountainous circa 1910. "Young couple on rock holding hands, full-length portrait." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Mulberry Market: 1905

Circa 1905. "Italian neighborhood with street market -- Mulberry Street, New York." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1905. "Italian neighborhood with street market -- Mulberry Street, New York." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Edison Phonographs: 1906

1906. "Twenty-Eighth Street, Newport News, Virginia." The go-to place for gadgets like gramophones and "Kodaks." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

1906. "Twenty-Eighth Street, Newport News, Virginia." The go-to place for gadgets like gramophones and "Kodaks." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

 

Rolling Cole: 1925

San Francisco circa 1925. "Cole Aero Eight Series 890 touring car on Gough Street." This was the final year for both the marque and its founder, Joseph J. Cole, who died in August 1925. 5x7 inch glass negative by that automotive amanuensis Christopher Helin. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1925. "Cole Aero Eight Series 890 touring car on Gough Street." This was the final year for both the marque and its founder, Joseph J. Cole, who died in August 1925. 5x7 inch glass negative by that automotive amanuensis Christopher Helin. View full size.

 

The Singing Valise: 1922

April 1922. Chicago. "The Singing Valise -- F.W. Dunmore, of the U.S. Bureau of Standards radio laboratory, with radio built in suitcase." Underwood & Underwood photo. View full size.

CARRIES RECEIVING SET
ABOUT IN SUIT CASE

Government Expert Astounds Gathering of Engineers With Demonstration of Singing Valise -- Explains Small Instrument Capable of Controlling Mechanism at Great Distances

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; CHICAGO, May 19 -- "The Singing Valise," or "Talks-as-it-walks," may be the latest thing in radiotelephone reception, displayed to the amazement of delegates attending the American Institute of Engineers meeting here last month at the Drake Hotel, by F.W. Dunmore of the radio laboratory of the U.S. Bureau of Standards. Incidentally, it may be pointed out that the engineers at their spring meeting are paying a great deal of attention to radio ...

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mr. Dunmore has a small suit case about one-third the size of an average grip. In the body of the suit case he has batteries, condensers and other paraphernalia of a radiophone receiver. Neatly packed in the cover part is a loud speaker and a loop aerial of tiny wire. The only opening in the sides of the valise is for the mouth of the loud speaker.

What It Does.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; While the engineers were gathered in the French Room of the Drake, all windows closed, Mr. Dunmore opened the grip, turned the aerial director toward the Westinghouse broadcasting station KYW, and at once the voice of the announcer of a radio news service was heard.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "That's easy," said Mr. Dunmore, and, closing the satchel, he took hold of the handle and walked about the room. The news bulletins continued to come and were heard in all parts of the room. He walked to every corner of the room and the voice continued until KYW, having completed the news bulletins, signed off.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The reception of radio in a set inclosed in a leather case and all within the confines of the steel, concrete and brick structure of the hotel, amazed even those of the engineers who thought they had seen the very latest in radio reception.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Of greater practical importance, however, was the relay recorder for remote radio control, which Mr. Dunmore displayed and which he described at length in a written report to the engineers.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; This instrument, not more than 15 inches square by eight inches deep, contained the mechanism by which ordinary radio telegraph code signals can be strengthened so as to make them operate and control mechanisms at great distances.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; By this instrument, also from the radio laboratories of the United States bureau of standards, airships, automobiles, or units of power, electric light, and water plants can be controlled.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A machine equipped with the proper apparatus can be operated by radio through this instrument, said Mr. Dunmore. "We have perfected the instrument to furnish the control. The matter of equipping machinery to respond to this control will be simple."

April 1922. Chicago. "The Singing Valise -- F.W. Dunmore, of the U.S. Bureau of Standards radio laboratory, with radio built in suitcase." Underwood & Underwood photo. View full size.

CARRIES RECEIVING SET
ABOUT IN SUIT CASE

Government Expert Astounds Gathering of Engineers With Demonstration of Singing Valise -- Explains Small Instrument Capable of Controlling Mechanism at Great Distances

        CHICAGO, May 19 -- "The Singing Valise," or "Talks-as-it-walks," may be the latest thing in radiotelephone reception, displayed to the amazement of delegates attending the American Institute of Engineers meeting here last month at the Drake Hotel, by F.W. Dunmore of the radio laboratory of the U.S. Bureau of Standards. Incidentally, it may be pointed out that the engineers at their spring meeting are paying a great deal of attention to radio ...

 

Warm & Fuzzy: 1901

Newark, Ohio, circa 1901. "Jane White with sons Lewis and Maynard at dining table." Gelatin silver print by founding Photo-Secessionist Clarence H. White (1871-1925). View full size.

Newark, Ohio, circa 1901. "Jane White with sons Lewis and Maynard at dining table." Gelatin silver print by founding Photo-Secessionist Clarence H. White (1871-1925). View full size.

 
 
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