Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1929-1965.

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Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1929-1965.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79752341

Includes materials dealing with the products of the Du Mont firm; also a substantial block of information on the struggles over regulation of the television industry; much publicity and advertising copy related to Du Mont products; and a few personal items.

2 flat oversize boxes.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965

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Du Mont was an electrical engineer and television pioneer who worked for the Westinghouse Lamp Company, 1924-1928, and the DeForest Radio Company, 1928-1931, before establishing his own firm, Du Mont Laboratories Inc., to manufacture cathode ray tubes. The company began the production and sales of television receivers in the United States in 1937. After World War II, Du Mont was unable to compete effectively with other manufacturers. The company was sold to Fairchild in 1960 and Du Mont became a...