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Title
Birth of commercial television here
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated January 24, 1947 reads, "Hilton Tupman, right, Los Angeles auto dealer first to sponsor telecast on West Coast, peers through television camera as his program gets underway. Klaus Landsberg, director of Paramount Station KTLA, looks on. Premiere took place Wednesday night before invited audience."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00114571
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d016_f1_i1
CARL0005307429
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/48913
Subject
KTLA-TV (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
KTLA-TV (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees
Men--California--Los Angeles
Businessmen--California--Los Angeles
Television stations--California--Los Angeles
Television broadcasting--California--Los Angeles
Broadcasting studios--California--Los Angeles
Television cameras
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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