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Ramallah: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/02/2007 - 12:11am.
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Radio masts in Ramallah, British Mandate Palestine, circa 1939. 5x7 dry plate glass negative from the Matson Photo Service collection. View full size.
Bureau of Standards: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 11:27pm.
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February 19, 1925. "M.S. Strock measuring radio lengths at the Bureau of Standards." View full size. 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Co. Collection.
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Loud and Clear : 1922
Submitted by Ken on Sun, 11/11/2007 - 3:55pm.
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Lester Picker listens to his shortwave radio through earphones while convalescing after breaking his back when he fell 55 feet erecting an aerial for the radio. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, April 18, 1922. View full size. (Updated with additional information on Lester — click here and scroll down.)
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On the Air: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 11/11/2007 - 5:44am.
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A radio studio control room in British Mandate Palestine between 1936 and 1939. View full size. 5x7 dry plate glass negative, Matson Photo Service.
Talking Machines: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 10:42pm.
The Owens & Beers record shop at 81 Chambers Street in New York circa 1915-1920. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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His Master's Voice: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 10:15pm.
Waldman's music store in New York, May 1921. A nice selection of records and Victrolas, with Nipper keeping an eye on things. Does anyone know where this was? View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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TVA: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/23/2007 - 1:21pm.
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June 1942. Control Room of the TVA's Watts Bar Dam on the Tennessee River. View full size. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein.
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