Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)  Search this

Works Progress Administration (WPA)  Search this

Physical description:

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6w x 4h ; Type of Image: Group, candid ; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Group, candid

Date:

1939

1929

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

From The Smithsonian Scientific Series, edited by Charles Greeley Abbot, 1939 edition, plate 108.

Summary:

Rehearsal of one of 'The World Is Yours' radio programs at the NBC studios in New York City. This series was a depression era project at the Smithsonian created in conjunction with the Works Progress Administration and the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Education, 1936-1942.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Smithsonian Scientific Series Vol. 1

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

The World Is Yours (Radio Program)  Search this

Depressions  Search this

United States Dept. of Interior  Search this

Education  Search this

Radio broadcasting  Search this

Standard number:

SIA2011-1145

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_5855