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Description
Lyndon Seefred's leather-bound log book and scrapbook. The first half of the book is a handwritten log, beginning January 24, 1914, of all incoming and outgoing transmissions, ending October 1, 1915. The second half of the book is a scrapbook of amateur radio ephemera, news clippings, personal mementos. Includes a large selection of local clippings about amateur wireless operators in the Los Angeles area, as well as clippings about the Seefreds themselves and their extended family. Includes a small amount of Lyndon Seefred's school work and correspondence. Seefred has written, "I started in the wireless game in the winter of 1908-1909, but didn't start a log book until the winter of 1913-1914." Of note: a) Letter from Lyndon Seefred dated April 1906, describing the effects of the earthquake in Los Angeles and San Francisco; b) Photograph of the Seefred's first aerial c) De Forest Radio Tel & Tel, Cunningham, National Radio Tube Co. ephemera d) Gray Line Motor Tours route map of San Francisco, 1926 e) 1908 postcard of Avalon, Catalina Island, with an arrow pointing to the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Co. station f) letterhead and photograph of the Santa Clara Wine Depot
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Identifier
D8C1E89C-0A36-4290-8E75-283215813863 2003-44-7
Subject
Radio--History (LCSH) Radio operators--United States (LCSH) Radio stations--California--Los Angeles (LCSH) Telegraph, Wireless--Marconi system (LCSH) Scrapbooks World War, 1914-1918 Amateur Radio Relay League Moorhead Laboratories, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) Earthquakes--California--San Francisco Haller-Cunningham De Forest Radio Company De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co National Radio Tube Co. (San Francisco, Calif.) Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company Southern California Radio Association Santa Clara Wine Depot Seefred, Howard C Seefred, Lyndon F
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