"Cliff, Pem, and Arch at his home" 8/24/75 Side 1 Part 1., 1975

Item — track: 15

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Scope and Contents

They talk about losing the stock that they had bought in RCA to ITT at some point but it's not totally clear what caused this. Possibly Phil's company going under? Difficult to tell exactly what happened.
One of the men kept resolution charts from the company on glass slides. They are all very excited about this. He also has a clip of Mary Pickford combing her hair which was the first thing they ever put on the television.
Pem recounts an agreement that Phil came to with ATT where they would pay him for the use of his patents, but he did not have to pay them for the use of theirs, which was especially significant because they owned so many.
They talk about a time where Phil was considering the use of a Black Widow web in the crosshairs of an optical system, because the web of a Black Widow is especially strong.
Pem says that Phil was extremely upset when they returned to Fort Wayne in 1948 because much of their early stuff had been thrown away.

Dates

1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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