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John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s
John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s. Baird giving an early television ('Seeing by wireless') demonstration. The image is of someone holding two dolls. Baird began experimenting with imaging systems in the early 1920s. In 1924 he transmitted outline images over wires and by 1925 he was able to transmit recognisable human faces. In 1926 he started the world's first television station, which he named 2TV.
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2844px × 3686px
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1920s
20th century
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Baird
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
Broadcasting
Chair
COMMUNICATIONS
concept
country
Entertainment
Furniture
INNOVATION
Invention
Inventor
John Logie
John Logie Baird
LOCATION
Male
Man
MEDIA
Men
Monochrome
People
Photograph
Portrait
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Science
Scotland
SCOTS
Scottish
Seated
Technology
Television
telly
Twenties