[CBS broadcasting studio; comedy show on the air. New York City? 1940?] – Historic Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [CBS broadcasting studio; comedy show on the air. New York City? 1940?]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[CBS broadcasting studio; comedy show on the air. New York City? 1940?]
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A live comedy program is on the air in this view of a CBS studio, with performers working at microphones while the broadcast goes out to listeners. Radio comedy was at its height around 1940, when many popular shows were performed before studio audiences, so timing, sound effects, and the cast's reactions all had to be coordinated in real time. The record points to New York City and a date near 1940, which fits the period when CBS was headquartered in Manhattan. The equipment and crowded staging show how much of radio's humor depended on a physical setup that listeners never saw.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1940? |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,171 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123559 |
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