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[Dr. C. Francis Jenkins, noted inventor and television pioneer, directing a scene in his new studio in Washington, D.C., the first devoted exclusively to the production of motion pictures to be shown to an audience by radio; note that the performers are shown in silhouette, that being the form in which the pictures are received over the air, and that the cameraman is a girl] – Historic Print

[Dr. C. Francis Jenkins, noted inventor and television pioneer, directing a scene in his new studio in Washington, D.C., the first devoted exclusively to the production of motion pictures to be shown to an audience by radio; note that the performers are shown in silhouette, that being the form in which the pictures are received over the air, and that the cameraman is a girl] — historic photograph
[Dr. C. Francis Jenkins, noted inventor and television pioneer, directing a scene in his new studio in Washington, D.C., the first devoted exclusively to the production of motion pictures to be shown to an audience by radio; note that the performers are shown in silhouette, that being the form in which the pictures are received over the air, and that the cameraman is a girl]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

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This historic photograph of [Dr. C. Francis Jenkins, noted inventor and television pioneer, directing a scene in his new studio in Washington, D.C., the first devoted exclusively to the production of motion pictures to be shown to an audience by radio; note that the performers are shown in silhouette, that being the form in which the pictures are received over the air, and that the cameraman is a girl] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Dr. C. Francis Jenkins, noted inventor and television pioneer, directing a scene in his new studio in Washington, D.C., the first devoted exclusively to the production of motion pictures to be shown to an audience by radio; note that the performers are shown in silhouette, that being the form in which the pictures are received over the air, and that the cameraman is a girl]

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Here Dr. C. Francis Jenkins, the inventor and television pioneer, directs a scene in his new studio in Washington, D.C., the first devoted exclusively to making motion pictures for broadcast by radio. The performers appear in silhouette, the form in which early mechanical television images reached viewers over the air, because the low-resolution scanning of the period could not carry fine detail. Behind the camera stands a young woman operator, a notable detail in a field then dominated by men. The print is dated November 6, 1929.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1929 Nov. 6.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,966 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125659

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