Thomas A. Edison's new radio phonograph makes its bow in Washington – Vintage Print
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Thomas A. Edison's new radio phonograph makes its bow in Washington in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Thomas A. Edison's new radio phonograph makes its bow in Washington
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Washington, D.C., hosted the public debut of Thomas A. Edison's radio phonograph in 1928, a machine that combined a radio receiver with a record player in a single cabinet. Edison, then in his eighties, had built his reputation on the phonograph decades earlier, so the new combination showed how quickly radio had become a fixture in American homes during the late 1920s. The photograph was made by Underwood & Underwood, a commercial news photography agency, which points to the press attention a product launch like this drew in the capital.
| Created / published | 1928 |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 66320R. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Wash. (D.C.)--Misc.--1928; Radio and Radio Broadcasting--1928; Phonographs; Photog. I.; Radio; Shelf. Sources checked: Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931: MUMS d.d.; BI; BF. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143285 |
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