David Sarnoff Introduces Television as a New Industry at the New York World's Fair, April 20, 1939
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David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, is pictured here introducing monochrome television at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1946, he similarly introduced electronic color television. Sarnoff was a technology advocate and credited as the "father of broadcasting"--the idea that radio could serve as mass communication--rather than messages sent between one operator and another.
David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, is pictured here introducing monochrome television at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1946, he similarly introduced electronic color television. Sarnoff was a technology advocate and credited as the "father of broadcasting"--the idea that radio could serve as mass communication--rather than messages sent between one operator and another.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
20 April 1939
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2685
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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