Amateur wireless station – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Amateur wireless station comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Amateur wireless station
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Few details survive for this glass negative beyond its title, "Amateur wireless station," which the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or its caption card. Bain's agency made pictures for newspapers and magazines in New York from the early 1900s into the 1920s, so the subject likely dates to the years when radio was moving from laboratory curiosity to home hobby. Amateur wireless operators of that era built their own receivers and transmitters, often in a spare room or attic, and their equipment is worth studying for how quickly the craft changed. Because the record is unverified, the exact station and date remain unknown.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,766 × 4,178 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11700 |
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