Unidentified operator facilitating Wirephoto, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Item Overview

Title
Unidentified operator facilitating Wirephoto, Los Angeles, 1934-1935
Date Created
1934-1935
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
An unidentified man twists a screwdriver as he peers at the machine through a device reminiscent of a spyglass.
Photograph appears with the article, "How Perfect Photos Are Flashed Across the Continent," Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec 1934: 30.
Caption
Text from newspaper caption: Los Angeles operator, with his microscope, makes adjustments on receiving machine, reception of Miss Landi's photograph.
Text from negative sleeve: 1150 - Wire Photo Promotion Dept [stamped:] Sep 27 1935
Handwritten on negative: 39/16 Water (Mark) Wire Photo

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects
Machinery
Phototelegraphy
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier
uclamss_1429_7473
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002df5jk
Manifest url
IIIF Manifest

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Rights statement
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Rights Holder
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Rights Country
US
Funding Note
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