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Title
The Magnavox Co. [picture]
Creator
Hamman, K. Leroy, 1887-1979
Contributor
Central National Bank, Oakland, Calif.; Central Savings Bank, Oakland, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued
1920
Publication Information
Oakland Public Library
Central National Bank
Contributing Institution
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Collection
Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center
Rights Information
Public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Title from caption. Duotone graphic illustration extracted from "Oakland, California : the City of Diversified Industry." "Compliments of Central National Bank ; Central Savings Bank" - t.p. "Produced by K. L. Hamman, Advertising; printed by Goodhue Printing Company, Oakland, California" - back page. Caption: "The Magnavox Co. - The use of the product made by this company makes possible telephonic communication on airplanes and in all noisy places. It magnifies all sounds electrically and makes a phonograph band record sound as loud as original band." The illustration icludes a view of the factory on East 14th Street in Oakland and an example of a telephonic communications instrument manufactured there.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5p3025q4
copl_156
Language
English
Subject
Industries - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Electronics - History - Pictorial works
Magnavox Company - History - Pictorial works
Philips Electronics, Inc. - History - Pictorial works
Place
Oakland (Calif.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.
East Oakland (Calif.) - Industries - History - Pictorial works.
Source
Oakland : the City of Diversified Industry. Oakland, Calif. : Central National Bank, 1920.

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