50th anniversary of the invention of the television, September 1977

File — Box: 1, Folder: 29

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

"In September of 1977, the author of "The Farnsworth Chronicles" joined forces with the Farnsworth family and former "lab gang" members to observe the 50th anniversary of the first electronic video transmission, which took place in Farnsworth's Green Street laboratory in San Francisco on Sept 7, 1977. 50 years later, many of the people present at the original event assembled at the Foothill Museum near Palo Alto, CA to recreate the achievement. To make the recreation authentic, Cliff Gardner built - from scratch and by hand - an authentic replica of the first successful Image Dissector tube."

Description above taken from CBS Evening News, September 7, 1977

1-2. 50th Anniversary
3. 50th Anniversary Duplicate (P0437n01_29_009).
4. 50th Anniversary Duplicate (P0437n01_29_008).
5-11. 50th Anniversary.

Dates

Creation: September 1977

Creator

From the Collection: Farnsworth, Philo Taylor (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.