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John Parkin, Jr., (1892-1948), early wireless operator and Marin County radio manufacturer in the 1920s. While a high school student, Parkin experiment with wireless at home in San Rafael, California. After graduation, he became the wireless operator on the Oceanic Steamship Company's SS Sonoma. In 1914, he installed the electrical wiring throughout the little community of Bolinas, then enliste in the US Signal Corps. After the war, he established Parkin Manufacturing Company in San Rafael, which built radio instrments and complete receiving sets of his own design. Among his inventions were the moulding dies for bakelite parts used by his company and a mercury variable condenser.
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Identifier
2B5932CA-463B-4CF3-BA51-451487341050 2003-33-174
Subject
Electrical apparatus industry Radio--Equipment and supplies (LCSH) Radio--Manufactures (LCSH) Radio operators--Biography (LCSH) San Rafael (Calif.) Wireless telegraph--California--Marin County Parkin, John, Jr
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