PHOTOS
Horse connected to a disc harrow for planting potatoes or beets. Philo was inspired by the lines in the field to imagine his invention.
Philo's original sketch that describes how to direct electrons so they draw lines on a screen to create a TV image.
Young Pem Gardner Farnsworth
Young Philo T. Farnsworth
Earliest Investors: George Everson, Philo and Leslie Gorrell
Philo and Pem
Warehouse: 202 Green Street and Sansome in San Francisco (where TV was invented)
Philo adjusting the Image Dissector Camera
The inner guts of a prototype television.
The original Image Dissector invented by Philo
Pem Farnsworth
Cliff Gardner, member of the "Lab Gang" and Pem's brother who invented and fabricated all the glass tubes
Young David Sarnoff
Young David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff at RCA
David Sarnoff announces TV at the New York World's Fair in 1939 in front of the RCA Pavillion
1939 NY World's Fair: People seeing television for the first time
Philo and Pem adjusting equipment
Live demo at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia
Live demonstration of talent at the Philadelphia Franklin Institute.
Young Vladimir Zworykin
Vladimir Zworykin at RCA
Mr. Tolman (Philo's favorite teacher) and Philo at a special dinner get-together
The landing on the Moon on TV. The camera was provided by Philo Farnsworth and broadcasting services were enabled by RCA.
Watching the landing on the Moon on TV while a livingroom somewhere in the U.S.
Watching the landing on the Moon on TV while in Japan
Watching the landing on the Moon in a TV store
Thousands in Central Park in NYC watch the landing on the Moon on a big screen
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