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Description
Caption: "Here is the famous inventor of the audion tube, popularly known as the 'father of radio,' with members of his family gathered in the Dealers' Lounge of the Ford Exposition at the 1939 New York World's Fair on "Lee de Forest Day." Left to right: Mrs. Marshall Allaben, Jr., of Greenwich, Connecticut, daughter of Dr. de Forest; Dr. de Forest; Mrs. Lee de Forest; Marilyn de Forest, youngest daughter of the inventor; and Charles Mills de Forest, brother of Lee de Forest.
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
CC50E958-588D-467D-AF1C-539903133494 2003-59-218
Subject
New York World's Fair (1939-1940) De Forest, Lee De Forest, Marie Mosquini De Forest, Marilyn De Forest, Charles Mills De Forest, Harriet Stanton
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