Testing wireless telephone – Antique Print
![Testing wireless telephone, [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2bb6f7d65d7f-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Testing wireless telephone, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Testing wireless telephone
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A wireless telephone under test is the subject of this glass negative, which the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., commercial studio, made sometime between 1918 and 1920. The years just after World War I brought rapid experimentation with radio voice transmission, much of it by military and government engineers who saw wireless telephony as a practical tool. The company's large plate negatives recorded many official and technical subjects of the period, and this one is now held by the Library of Congress. Its title comes from the company's own unverified notes, and streaks on the glass reflect deterioration in the original coatings.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,132 × 4,192 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229682 |
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