Du Mont Laboratories

Dates:
Active 1930
Active 1960

Biographical notes:

Organized in 1935 by Allen B. Du Mont; devoted to electronic television and communications engineering; television receiver and manufacturing business sold to Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation in 1958; remainder of the firm merged with Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation in 1960.

From the description of Records of Du Mont Laboratories, 1930-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78470721

Organizational History and Biographical Note

Du Mont Laboratories

1931 Founded by Allen B. Du Mont 1935 Incorporation of Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories 1938 Began manufacturing televisions 1946 Formation of Du Mont Television Network 1946 Du Mont Television Network sold to John Kluge and renamed Metromedia 1949 World's largest television assembly plant, part of Du Mont Laboratories, dedicated in East Patterson, N.J. 1958 Television manufacturing division sold to Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corp. 1960 Research laboratory sold to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.

Allen B. Du Mont

1901, Jan. 29 Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1916 1924 Worked summers as a licensed commercial radio operator on coastal and transatlantic ships 1924 B.A., electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. 1924 1928 Engineer, Westinghouse Lamp Co., Bloomfield, N.J. 1928 1931 Employed by DeForest Radio Corp., Passaic, N.J., as chief engineer and director of research and experiment in the field of "sight and sound" broadcasting 1931 Organized a basement laboratory in his home in Upper Montclair, N.J., devoted to the development of a commercially practical cathode ray tube 1935 Incorporated Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories 1937 1938 Built and sold first television receivers 1941 Started experimental telecasting over W2XWV (later WABD), New York, N.Y. 1943 First president of Television Broadcasting Association 1946 Opened Wanamaker studios of station WABD, New York, N.Y. Established Du Mont Television Network with stations WABD, New York, and WTTG, Washington, D.C. 1951 Ranked first among America's most outstanding industrialists in radio and electronics in a poll conducted by Forbes Magazine 1956 1960 Chairman of the board, Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc. 1960 1961 Group general manager, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. 1961 1965 Senior technical consultant, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. 1965, Nov. 15 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Du Mont Laboratories Records, 1930-1960, (bulk 1945-1960), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Cathode ray tubes
  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics
  • Engineering laboratories
  • Telecommunication
  • Television

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