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Description
"It is believed that the above picture is of the first wireless telephone station in the world. - Call letter "FN" - owned and operated by the National Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company on the third floor of the Garden City Bank Building, San Jose, California. The man in the doorway is Professor Charles D. Herrold of San Jose, Chief Engineer of the company. The man on the right is Frank G. Schmidt of Santa Clara, technician. The first man on the left is Emile Portal of San Jose, operator of the station. The man in the background on the left is C. K. (Kenneth) Sanders of San Jose, chief operator of the station. This staion was in operation from approximately 9:00 in the morning until 7:30 in the evening broadcasting various recordings during the day. However, no strict schedule was kept. This station was in operation from November 11, 1912 until October 31, 1913 under the supervision of Professor Charles D. Herrold.
Type
image
Format
Black & White, Developing-out Paper|mounted
Identifier
54D87014-BF5B-4A76-8869-191274464820 2008-43-1
Subject
Herrold, Charles Schmidt, Frank G Portal, Emile A Sanders, C. Kenneth
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