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- Finch Facsimile Transmitter, 1938-1940 - From 1938-1940, the <EM>Detroit News</EM> experimented with a domestic radio-facsimile subscription service. This transmitter converted images and text into electrical impulses, sent over the radio waves--reassembled by receivers in the homes of customers. The idea was revolutionary, however, the process was slow and signal reception was unreliable beyond a mile or two of the transmission tower.
- 1938-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Finch Facsimile Transmitter, 1938-1940
From 1938-1940, the Detroit News experimented with a domestic radio-facsimile subscription service. This transmitter converted images and text into electrical impulses, sent over the radio waves--reassembled by receivers in the homes of customers. The idea was revolutionary, however, the process was slow and signal reception was unreliable beyond a mile or two of the transmission tower.
- Graflex Photographic Plate Holder, circa 1925 - This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Graflex Photographic Plate Holder, circa 1925
This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- "Franklin Acting as His Own Porter When in Business," Drawing for Magic Lantern Slide, 1902-1903 - Joseph Boggs Beale created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides. His works include some of the most artistic slide illustrations made in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Beale was also prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This drawing, part of Beale's "Life of Benjamin Franklin" set, depicts Franklin delivering goods to his printshop.
- 1902-1903
- Collections - Artifact
"Franklin Acting as His Own Porter When in Business," Drawing for Magic Lantern Slide, 1902-1903
Joseph Boggs Beale created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides. His works include some of the most artistic slide illustrations made in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Beale was also prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This drawing, part of Beale's "Life of Benjamin Franklin" set, depicts Franklin delivering goods to his printshop.
- Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925 - This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925
This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925 - This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925
This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- Photo Album of Children's Activities, "With the Children Who Read the Columbus Dispatch," 1936 - The <em>Columbus Dispatch</em> newspaper published this 1936 scrapbook to spotlight its promotion of children's activities in central Ohio. Featured events included a rabbit drawing contest, a yo-yo contest, a family picnic, a bicycle derby, a soap box derby, a playground day, a doll and pet parade, a penmanship contest, a turkey coloring contest, and a toy drive.
- 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Photo Album of Children's Activities, "With the Children Who Read the Columbus Dispatch," 1936
The Columbus Dispatch newspaper published this 1936 scrapbook to spotlight its promotion of children's activities in central Ohio. Featured events included a rabbit drawing contest, a yo-yo contest, a family picnic, a bicycle derby, a soap box derby, a playground day, a doll and pet parade, a penmanship contest, a turkey coloring contest, and a toy drive.
- Crowd Listening to a Baseball Game Broadcast, Oakland, California, 1922-1923 -
- 1922-1923
- Collections - Artifact
Crowd Listening to a Baseball Game Broadcast, Oakland, California, 1922-1923
- Pilot Frank Byerley and Photographer William Kuenzel aboard the Detroit News Autogiro, April 6, 1931 - The <em>Detroit News</em> operated an autogiro from 1931 to 1933. The novel aircraft carried a large, swiveling camera to take aerial photos of newsworthy events and transported reporters for quickly developing stories. However, it ultimately proved more useful as an advertisement for the paper. The autogiro made over 700 flights before it was donated to Henry Ford's museum in Dearborn.
- April 06, 1931
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Pilot Frank Byerley and Photographer William Kuenzel aboard the Detroit News Autogiro, April 6, 1931
The Detroit News operated an autogiro from 1931 to 1933. The novel aircraft carried a large, swiveling camera to take aerial photos of newsworthy events and transported reporters for quickly developing stories. However, it ultimately proved more useful as an advertisement for the paper. The autogiro made over 700 flights before it was donated to Henry Ford's museum in Dearborn.
- Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925 - This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925
This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925 - This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Graflex "Bag Mag," Cut Film Holder, circa 1925
This Graflex aerial camera magazine holds multiple sheets of film. Film sheets are loaded into the metal body of the magazine. After making an exposure a lever slides towards the leather bag; the film shifts into the attached bag and then up into the stack of film sheets. Safe from further exposure by light, the film remains here until processing.