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Title
Sybil Herrold and son Robert, "On the Air"
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1914/ /
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Featured on page 99 of Gordon Greb and Mike Adams book, "Charles Herrold, Inventor of Radio Broadcasting," with caption: Sybil Herrold holding her baby Robert before the microphone to entertain listeners in 1914. Sybil was 'on the air' Wednesday nights between 1914 and 1916, taking requests for records, playing them for an audience of amateur operators she later termed her 'little hams.' This one-frame image comes from a short 35mm motion picture made at the Herrold station in 1914."
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
1E0187D8-BBC4-412A-9096-334414213342
L2009-3-6
Subject
Women
Radio broadcasters (LCSH)
KQW (Radio station: San Jose, Calif.)
Disc jockeys
Nineteen tens (LCSH)
True, Sybil
True, Robert R

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