Portrait of Charles Francis Jenkins, circa 1925
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Charles Francis Jenkins was a pioneering technology inventor. He made discoveries and improvements with motion picture cameras, mechanical scanning television, facsimile technology, and the transfer of images over wireless radio. Jenkins's television station W3XK began operating in 1928--it is believed to be the oldest station in the United States.
Charles Francis Jenkins was a pioneering technology inventor. He made discoveries and improvements with motion picture cameras, mechanical scanning television, facsimile technology, and the transfer of images over wireless radio. Jenkins's television station W3XK began operating in 1928--it is believed to be the oldest station in the United States.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1925
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2686
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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