Electricity and Modern Physics Photonegatives

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Electricity and Modern Physics Photonegatives

1890 - 1930

Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections and research interests. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, and phonographs.

6 Cubic feet; 34 boxes

eng, Latn

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