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"Harriet Stix, L.A. Times" 6/27/77 Side 1 cont., Part 1., 1977
Item — track: 37
Scope and Contents
Philo III and Pem are being interviewed for a news story.
Pem talks about 1939, when the Farnsworth company began to manufacture equipment in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
When Farnsworth became a subsidiary of ITT, Farnsworth began to work on other projects instead including his nuclear research. ITT moved the production of televisions to Europe at that time.
Pem and Philo...
Dates:
1977
"Harriet Stix, L.A. Times" 6/27/77 Side 1 cont., Part 2., 1977
Item — track: 37
Scope and Contents
- They talk a little bit about David Sarnoff and his actions leading up to the interference case. They believe that these demonstrated pretty clearly that he was not involved in the invention of television.
- The track is about fourteen minutes long, but the audio stops after two minutes and there are approximately twelve minutes of blank tape.
Dates:
1977
"Harriet Stix, L.A. Times" 6/27/77 Side 2., 1977
Item — track: 37
Scope and Contents
They talk about the financial backers who financed Phil's labwork initially. Philo believes that the quality of these backers, who mostly came from banking backgrounds, indicated the quality of his father's work.
Pem talks about Phil's early life and his interest in electronics from a young age.
Philo recounts the story of Phil and Justin Tolman and their interactions during Phil's...
Dates:
1977