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Collector:
Laport, Edmund A.  Search this
Photographer:
National Broadcasting Company  Search this
Names:
WNBT (Television station, New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Laport, Edmund A.  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 7-1/8 x 8-7/8".)
Container:
Box 2, Folder 38
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
[1939 or later?]
1939
Scope and Contents:
Three television cameras, marked "NBC" and "WNBT," with bank of lights, photographed from a low angle. The print is marked "1939" in ink in bottom right margin, presumably by Laport, but this may be erroneous because the cameras shown seem to be later. According to information supplied on 23 Jan. 2009 by the Rev. B. Woods Mattingley, a television cameraman beginning from 1956 on, the cameras date from either the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Local Numbers:
AC0016-0000003.tif (AC scan no.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Television studios  Search this
Television cameras -- 1950-1960 -- United States  Search this
Television  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- 1940 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Edmund A. Laport Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Edmund A. Laport Collection
Edmund A. Laport Collection / Series 1: Photographs / NBC, Miscellaneous
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep840a5a2c9-57a5-45e7-9809-092d8c7012ba
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0016-ref585