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Newspaper and magazine clippings about de Forest and his business ventures between 1930 and 1939, including: a) Obituary for Frederick Henry Cornish, of Bull Harbour Radio Station, associated with de Forest during early radiotelegraphy experiments in England and America, The Communications Worker, undated. b) Multiple clippings on de Forest's negative opinions of radio advertising c) Radio Design, Spring 1930: "Who Invented Broadcasting Asks David Grimes," pp. 44-47 d) "Looking Back to '76: 1876 - 1936," entry for Theodore Roosevelt includes, "Lee De Forest gave Marconi's wireless telegraph a voice, in 1907, with his invention of the audion tube, laying the foundation on which radio broadcasting has been built." e) The Empire of the Air: The Story of the Exploitation of Radio for Private Profit, With a Plan for the Reorganization of Broadcasting. Ventura Free Press, 1932. (2003-34-703a) f) "Early Radio History," L. D. McGeady, CQ, Nov-Dec 1932 (pp. 12-15 g) "The Man Who Conquered Space," The Sunday World Magazine, 28 December 1930 h) "When They Broadcast the Met," Norman Siegel i) Multiple articles on de Forest's criticism of radio broadcasting j) Multiple articles on Supreme Court decision in ruling against Edwin H. Armstrong k) "Reunion," RCA Family Circle, July 1938 l) "Alumni Personalities," The Hermonite, 15 March 1939 m) Cover of "Electricity on the Farm magazine," featuring Lee de Forest with a diathermy set attached to a horse's leg n) News photograph of Lee and Marie de Forest with Bebe Daniels, silent film star, and Colonel in the 322nd Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Corps (Radio for April 1931) o) "Lee de Forest, Inventor of the Audion," The Yale Scientific Magazine p) News photograph of Lee de Forest and Herbert Hoover, Jr., at Alhambra airport, 3 July 1930 q) "Thirty Years Ago," photo of the Audion imposed over de Forest's Patent No. 841,387, from Electronics January 1937. (deF 1218.71O)
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049ADE8D-4897-4E08-987D-643974354365 2003-34-703
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Advertising Radio broadcasting--History Patent suits (LCSH) Patent infringement (LCSH) Audion Radio Corporation of America Diathermy (LCSH) Radio in medicine (LCSH) De Forest, Lee Cornish, Frederick Henry Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard) De Forest, Marie Mosquini Daniels, Bebe
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