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Herbert Hoover and the First Public Demonstration of Television, April 7, 1927
Herbert Hoover and the First Public Demonstration of Television, April 7, 1927

Herbert Hoover and the First Public Demonstration of Television, April 7, 1927

$ 2.63

Availability: 20 in stock
  • Type: Printed (Lithograph) Postcard
  • Postage Condition: Unposted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Theme: US States, Cities & Towns
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Postcard Theme: Historical Figure and Event
  • Subject: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
  • Region: Washington, D.C.
  • Person: Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • City/Region: Washington, D.C. and New York City
  • Features: First Public Demonstration of Television
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Postcard Measurement: Approximately 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
  • Era: Chrome (c. 1939-present)
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa
    First Public Demonstration of Television
    On April 7, 1927, Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce participated in the first public demonstration of television. His features and voice were carried over telephone wires and radio between Washington, D.C. and New York City, where American Telephone and Telegraph Company officials received the transmission.
    On April 7, 1927, an audience comprising several dozen newspaper reporters and officials of Bell Telephone Laboratories gathered in New York City to witness the first American demonstration of television.
    The live picture and voice of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover were transmitted over telephone lines from Washington, DC, more than 200 miles north to an auditorium in midtown Manhattan. Hoover would be elected President of the United States in November 1928.
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