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Audiovisual Collections PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library RCA News and Information Department photographs 2464.68

Table of Contents

Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 4 Scope and Content ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 6 Administrative Information ...... 6 Related Materials ...... 7 Controlled Access Headings ...... 9 Collection Inventory ...... 9 Early Radio ...... 9 Radio Broadcasting ...... 11 Consumer Electronics ...... 12 Television History ...... 13 General Electric ...... 17 RCA Communications ...... 18 RCA Labs R&D ...... 18 RCA Divisions (excluding RCA Labs) ...... 19 RCA Labs ...... 23 Carl Byoir & Associates ...... 28 Negatives ...... 28 Prints and contact sheets ...... 29 Annual Reports ...... 34 1984 ...... 34 1985 ...... 36

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Summary Information

Repository: Audiovisual Collections Creator: Radio Corporation of America. News and Information Department Title: RCA News and Information Department photographs ID: 2464.68 Date [inclusive]: 1860-1985 Date [bulk]: bulk 1900-1983 Physical Description: 37.25 Linear Feet Physical Description: 3230 negatives : b&w ; 35mm. 5340 negatives : b&w ; 120. 87 negatives : b&w ; 70mm. 29 negatives : color ; 4x5 in. 8885 negatives : b&w ; 4x5 in. 161 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. 1 negative : color ; 8 x 10 in. 9 photographic positives : color ; 4 x 5 in. 2000 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. 28 photographic prints : color ; 8 x 10 in. 198 photographic prints : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. 211 photographic prints : b&w ; 9 x 11 in. 549 contact sheets : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 2866 slides : color ; 35mm. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: The RCA News and Information Department served a public affairs role for RCA corporate headquarters at Rockefeller Center in New York City. The collection contains photographs and negatives created or commissioned by RCA that document much of RCA's history and activities. Many of the photographs were organized by the News and Information Department into subjects that cover the history of radio, television, communications, and consumer electronics, with a particular emphasis on RCA"s role in that history. Additional photographs are grouped by RCA division and document their specific achievements, with the RCA laboratories being especially prominent. This collection also contains a large number of photographic negatives that were taken by the public relations firm, Carl Byoir & Associates, which showcase many of RCA's products, events, and facilities.

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Historical Note

The RCA News and Information Department served a public affairs role for RCA corporate headquarters at Rockefeller Center in New York City. This collection is entirely photographic, with very few records to contextualize how they were used, let alone to help us better understand the operations or history of the department. One exception to this is a letter from RCA Photo Librarian and Staff Photographer, Frida Schubert, that is dated July 25, 1986, which was sent to Phyllis Smith at the David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, New Jersey. In the letter, Schubert notes the upcoming closing of the News and Information Department on July 31 and looks back on her work of the past nineteen years. The noteworthy duties she describes are: photographing feature stories for news releases; in-house assignments for RCA's Communicate magazine and the annual report to shareholders; portrait and candid photographs of key executives and officers; product photography for press kits and periodicals; preparing slides for presentations; and documenting special events, such as press conferences, shareholder meetings, exhibits, and award ceremonies. Schubert also notes in an attached resume that she created and cataloged the RCA Photo Library, which contained 80,000 color and black-and-white images. A follow up letter outlines how these photographs were divided and shipped to different RCA divisions based on subject relevance. Therefore, the approximately 20,000 photographs and negatives found in this collection represent about a quarter of the original photo library.

RCA also retained the services of the public relations firm, Carl Byoir & Associates for many decades. In addition to serving as their public relations counsel, Carl Byoir & Associates was hired to photograph many of RCA's public events and marketing efforts.

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs, negatives, and contact sheets that document much of RCA's history and activities. The collection spans the history of radio, television, communications, and consumer electronics, along with many additional technical achievements pioneered by RCA. Many of the photographs are accompanied by short news briefings or captions associated with the subject of the photo. Numerous events are also documented, such as corporate meetings, award ceremonies, product and technology demonstrations, celebrations, and World's Fairs.

The collection is arranged into ten series: Early Radio, Radio Broadcasting 1920s - 1940s, Consumer Electronics 1920s - 1980s, Television History 1920s - 1980s, General Electric Co. 1917-1930, RCA Communications 1920s-1940s, RCA Labs R&D 1920s-1970s, RCA Divisions (excluding RCA Labs), RCA Labs 1960s-1980s, and Carl Byoir & Associates.

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The Early Radio series contains photographs that document the history of radio, which includes photographs of early pioneers, Guglielmo Marconi, Dr. Lee deForest, John Ambrose Fleming, and Reginald Fessenden. Also included are photographs of some early radio stations.

The series, Radio Broadcasting 1920s- =1940s, contains photographs of early radio stations, performers and personalities, including conductor Arturo Toscanini.

The Consumer Electronics 1920s-1980s series contains photographs of radio receivers and marketing materials, particularly for RCA Radiola receivers. One folder of cassette players and recorders from the 1970s and 1980s is also featured.

The series, Television History 1920s-1980s, features photographs of television cameras and receivers, from both the black-and-white and color eras. The series also contains photographs that document television research and development, manufacturing, and transmission.

The General Electric Co. 1917-1930 series contains photographs of a variety of electron tubes from this period.

The series, RCA Communications 1920s-1940s, features photographs of the Rocky Point, New York transmission station, ship-to-shore wireless, and examples of facsimile transmission.

The RCA Labs R&D 1920s-1970s series contains photographs documenting the research and development of various technologies, such as computer memory, lasers, and electron tubes. Photographs of the David Sarnoff Research Center are found in the folder Public Relations, while another folder contains photographs from the Riverhead, Long Island laboratory.

The series, RCA Divisions (excluding RCA Labs), contains examples of the activities carried out at many of RCA's divisions across the United States and internationally. Well represented divisions include, RCA Astro-Electronics, RCA Missile and Surface Radar, and RCA Victor, although many other divisions are also found in this series. Particularly well documented subjects include microwave communications, microwave radar, satellite and space programs, and missile weapon systems.

The RCA Labs 1960s-1980s series contains photographs documenting the research and development of various technologies, such as television and video cameras, computers and computer memory, lasers, microwaves, radar, solar energy, solid state technology, and television picture tubes.

The series, Carl Byoir & Associates, is divided into two subseries: Negatives, and Prints and Contact Sheets.

The Negatives subseries is a large set of corporate public relations negatives documenting a diverse range of RCA activity. Prominent themes are corporate meetings and publicity events, many of which feature David Sarnoff. Numerous projects, products, and other activities related to RCA are shown, including work on the Apollo program and communications satellites, trade shows, documentation of manufacturing processes and technical research, and promotional material featuring consumer electronics or their components. RCA's participation in the 1964 New York World's Fair is also featured. Additional events, such as award dinners, birthday celebrations, and other occasions significant to David or Lizette Sarnoff, or their son Robert, are also represented.

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The Prints and Contact Sheets subseries contains photographs and negative contact sheets that represent a small subset of the images found in the Negatives subseries. Photographs include such diverse subjects as, the Viking and Explorer spacecraft, avionics systems, CB radio, video games, video tape recording, the TIROS-N weather satellite, television sets, parts, and manufacturing, and Videodisc. RCA divisions and locations represented include, Automated Systems Division, Burlington, Massachusetts; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Solid State Division; Astro & Electronics Division, Moorestown, New Jersey; Astro- Electronics, Hightstown, New Jersey; Indianapolis, Indiana; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Hertz Car Rental; Mountain Top, Pennsylvania; Bloomington, Indiana; Circleville, Ohio; and the Government Services Division. Some noteworthy RCA personal included are, James Hillier, Roy Pollack, and Anthony Lee Conrad, as well as several celebrities, such as John Denver, Tony Bennett, Arthur Ashe.

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Arrangement

The original arrangement of this collection was maintained during processing. The RCA News and Information Department photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject, according to the organizational scheme created by RCA. The Carl Byoir & Associates series of negatives is arranged numerically by their originally assigned RCA image numbers.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement Audiovisual Collections

PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library

Access Restrictions Access restrictions may apply; please contact staff in advance of research visit at [email protected] for instructions on how to apply for access to material.

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Negatives and slides are housed in cold storage and must reacclimate prior to viewing (Boxes 12-40 and 44-52). Please contact the Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department at least 48 hours in advance of research visit.

Provenance These materials were originally maintained by the RCA News and Information Department at 30 Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York. They were transferred by RCA Photo Librarian Frida Schubert to the David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, New Jersey, when the News and Information Department was closed in 1986.

In 2009, along with the rest of the archival collections of the David Sarnoff Library, this collection was donated to the Hagley Museum and Library.

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Related Materials

Separated Material A series of David Sarnoff publicity photographs that were originally part of the RCA News and Information Department photographs, was separated and moved to the David Sarnoff papers collection (Accession 2464.55). Our decision was made in part due to our knowledge of David Sarnoff's role in selecting and approving these images.

Related Material The RCA News and Information Department photographs are part of the David Sarnoff Library collection (Accession 2464). The collection includes nineteen other finding aids:

Consumer electronics history collection (Accession 2464.79), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

David Sarnoff Library records (Accession 2464.73), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

David Sarnoff Research Center records (Accession 2464.09), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Charles B. Jennings photographs, scrapbook boards, and other materials (Accession 2464.21), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

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Alexander Magoun advertising collection (Accession 2464.81), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America engineering drawings (Accession 2464.83), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Astro-Electronics Division records (Accession 2464.70), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Camden records (Accession 2464.76), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual material (Accession 2464.78), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Harrison records (Accession 2464.71), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Missile and Surface Radar Division photographs (Accession 2464.31), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA product information (Accession 2464.77), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA publications (Accession 2464.82), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA Solid State Division records (Accession 2464.75), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA technical reports (Accession 2464.69), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

RCA/Thomson Lancaster records (Accession 2464.74), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Records of other RCA divisions (Accession 2464.80), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

David Sarnoff papers (Accession 2464.55), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Robert W. Sarnoff papers (Accession 2464.04), Manuscripts and Archives Department and Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

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Controlled Access Headings

• Television • Radio broadcasting • Public relations. • Electronic industries • Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971

Collection Inventory

Early Radio, circa 1860-1950 Scope and Contents

Title/Description Instances Aircraft radio, circa 1916 box AVD1 folder 1

Aircraft radio, circa 1916 box AVD44 folder 1

Dr. Lee deForest, circa 190619391956 box AVD1 folder 2 Scope and Content

Includes images of audions and other tubes, as well as several radio and technology pamphlets.

Dr. Lee deForest, circa 190619391956 box AVD44 folder 2

Thomas Alva Edison, circa 1878-187918931912 box AVD1 folder 3

Reginald Fessenden, heterodyne and interior of Fessenden box AVD1 folder 4 wireless station, Washington, D.C., 1905

Reginald Fessenden, heterodyne and interior of Fessenden box AVD44 folder 3 wireless station, Washington, D.C., 1905

John Ambrose Fleming and the Fleming Tube, circa 1900 box AVD1 folder 5

John Ambrose Fleming and the Fleming Tube, circa 1900 box AVD44 folder 4

Heinrich Hertz, circa 1893 box AVD1 folder 6

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Heinrich Hertz, circa 1893 box AVD44 folder 5

Guglielmo Marconi with first radio transmitter, 1895 box AVD1 folder 7

Marconi station, Glace Bay, 1909-1912 box AVD1 folder 8 Scope and Content

images of receiving station before, during, and after fire of 1909.

Marconi station, Glace Bay, 1909-1912 box AVD44 folder 6 Scope and Contents

images of receiving station before, during, and after fire of 1909.

Marconi at Newfoundland receiving station, 1901 box AVD1 folder 9

Marconi at Newfoundland receiving station, 1901 box AVD44 folder 7

Marconi portraits, circa 1899-1930 box AVD1 folder 10

Marconi portraits, circa 1899-1930 box AVD44 folder 8

Marconi visit to Rocky Point, Long Island, 1927 box AVD1 folder 11 Scope and Content

Includes Ernest Alexanderson, Lizette Sarnoff, and David Sarnoff.

Marconi visit to Rocky Point, Long Island, 1933 October box AVD1 folder 12 Scope and Content

Includes David Sarnoff.

Marconi visit to Rocky Point, Long Island, 1933 October box AVD44 folder 9

Marconi, aerial kite, 1901 box AVD1 folder 13 Scope and Content

images of experimental tests conducted in Newfoundland.

Marconi, aerial kite, 1901 box AVD44 folder 10

Marconi, background articles, 1933circa 1970-1990 box AVD1 folder 14

Marconi, early station, 1899 box AVD1 folder 15

Marconi, first radio station shack, 19011930 box AVD1 folder 16

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Scope and Content

Images show the shack being moved from Babylon to Rocky Point, Long Island.

Marconi, early apparatus, maritime, 1905 box AVD1 folder 17 Scope and Content

image shows of interior of ship, S. S. St. Paul.

Marconi, early apparatus, Newfoundland, 1901 box AVD1 folder 18

Marconi, Navesink station, 1899 box AVD1 folder 19

Marconi, receiving congratulations of delegation, 1901 box AVD1 folder 20 Scope and Content

Taken at observatory where the first transatlantic signal was heard.

Marconi, statements and correspondence regarding, circa box AVD1 folder 21 1920-1950

Marconi, death announcement, 1937 box AVD1 folder 22

Mrs. Maria Marconi, 1951 box AVD1 folder 23 Scope and Content

Image of Marchesa Marconi at the Waldorf Astoria in NY for a tribute to her late husband.

James Clerk Maxwell, circa 1860 box AVD1 folder 24

Samuel F. B. Morse, circa 1880 box AVD1 folder 25

Sayville, Long Island, New York, radio station, 1916 box AVD1 folder 26

Sayville, Long Island, New York, radio station, 1916 box AVD44 folder 11

Sound recordings, history - Hoxie Pallophotophone, 1923 box AVD1 folder 27

Poldhu, England - transmitting station, circa 1901 box AVD1 folder 28

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Radio Broadcasting, circa 1920-1940 Scope and Contents

The series, Radio Broadcasting 1920s - 1940s, contains photographs of early radio stations, performers and personalities, including conductor Arturo Toscanini.

Title/Description Instances

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Elmer E. Bucher, circa 1917 box AVD1 folder 29 Scope and Contents

Manager of RCA sales department.

National Broadcast Company (NBC), circa 1926-1970 box AVD1 folder 30

Radio broadcast personalities, circa 1920-1940 box AVD1 folder 31 Scope and Contents

Images include President Herbert Hoover, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Thomas Edison.

Radio stations, WEAF, WBZ, and WOR, circa 1921-1922 box AVD1 folder 32 Scope and Contents

images of radio stations, devices, and users.

Radio stations, WFIL, radio broadcasters, and unknown antenna, box AVD1 folder 33 circa 1920-1940 Scope and Contents

Images of radio users, groups,and aerials.

Radio stations, WDKA, 1920-1921 box AVD2 folder 1

Radio stations, WDKA, 1920-1921 box AVD44 folder 12

Radio stations, WDY, 1921-1922 box AVD2 folder 2 Scope and Contents

Located in Roselle Park, NJ.

Radio stations, WDY, 1921-1922 box AVD44 folder 13

Radio stations, WJY - Dempsey-Carpenter boxing match, 1921 box AVD2 folder 3 July

Radio stations, WJZ, 1921-1923 box AVD2 folder 4

Arturo Toscanini, circa 1937-1940 box AVD2 folder 5 Scope and Contents

Some images also include David Sarnoff.

Arturo Toscanini, circa 1937-1940 box AVD44 folder 14

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Consumer Electronics, circa 1920-1980

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Scope and Contents

The Consumer Electronics 1920s - 1980s series contains photographs of radio receivers and marketing materials, particularly for RCA Radiola receivers. One folder of cassette players and recorders from the 1970s and 1980s is also featured.

Title/Description Instances Cassette players, recorders, receivers, and stereos, circa 1970-1980 box AVD2 folder 6 Scope and Contents

images of stereo, cassette, and phonograph devices and accessories

George Clark collection, amplifiers and tuners, circa 1920-1930 box AVD2 folder 7 Scope and Contents

Images of assorted receivers, amplifiers and tuners, including the Aeriola and Radiola.

George Clark collection, Radiola receivers, 1922-1925 box AVD2 folder 8

Radio receivers, early, 1922-1935 box AVD2 folder 9

Radio receivers, marketing, 1922-1928 box AVD2 folder 10

Radio receivers, marketing, 1922-1928 box AVD44 folder 15

Radio receivers, Radiola, 1922-1925 box AVD2 folder 11 Scope and Content

images of Super Heterodyne, Radio Grand, Super VIII, and crystal set.

Radio receivers, Radiola, 1922-1925 box AVD44 folder 16

Radio receivers, Radiola 8-51, circa 1924-1928 box AVD2 folder 12 Scope and Contents

Images of models VII, 16, 24, 44, and 51.

Radios, photographs, and cassettes, circa 1940-1970 box AVD2 folder 13 Scope and Contents

Images of stationary and portable radio and phonograph devices.

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Television History, circa 1920-1990

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Scope and Contents

Title/Description Instances Broadcasting, satellite systems, circa 1976-1985 box AVD2 folder 14

Cameras, charge-coupled device (CCD), circa 1975-1984 box AVD2 folder 15

Cameras, color portable, 1977 box AVD2 folder 16

Cameras, color studio, circa 1947-1969 box AVD2 folder 17

Cameras, color studio, circa 1947-1969 box AVD44 folder 17

Cameras, early experimental TV, 1927-1937 box AVD2 folder 18 Scope and Contents

Experimental television images of Felix the Cat and related equipment.

Cameras, early experimental TV, 1927-1937 box AVD44 folder 18

Cameras, Iconoscope TV, 1930-1940 box AVD2 folder 19

Cameras, Iconoscope TV, 1930-1940 box AVD44 folder 19

Cameras, monochrome television, circa 1944-1946 box AVD2 folder 20

Cameras, monochrome television, circa 1944-1946 box AVD44 folder 20

Cameras, portable Vidicon television, 1949-1970 box AVD2 folder 21 Scope and Contents

Includes images with Vladimir K. Zworykin.

Edison, concept of telephonoscope, 1879 box AVD2 folder 22 Scope and Contents

Punch's Almanack illustration.

Edison, concept of telephonoscope, 1879 box AVD44 folder 21

Graphics, visual effects, and advertisements, circa 1937-1940 box AVD2 folder 23

Home video players, 1956-1969 box AVD2 folder 24 Scope and Contents

Includes David Sarnoff, Elmer Engstrom, and Harry Olsen.

Home video players, 1956-1969 box AVD44 folder 22

Home weather radar viewing, circa 1958 box AVD2 folder 25

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Large screen, home use, circa 1949 box AVD2 folder 26

Large screen, home use, circa 1949 box AVD44 folder 23

Military applications, circa 1944-1946 box AVD3 folder 1

National Broadcasting Company, circa 1930-1990 box AVD3 folder 2 Scope and Contents

images of NBC shows like Peter Pan, Heidi, The Tonight Show, the Shogun miniseries, and election coverage.

National Broadcasting Company logos, circa 1946-1960 box AVD3 folder 3

National Broadcasting Company tours, 1937-1938circa 1950 box AVD3 folder 4

National Broadcasting Company, dedication of WRC-TV and box AVD3 folder 5 WRC, 1958 Scope and Contents

Includes Vice President Richard Nixon.

National Television System Committee, color television testing, box AVD3 folder 6 circa 1940-1960 Scope and Contents

Includes David Sarnoff, Robert Sarnoff, and President Dwight Eisenhower.

New York World's Fair, 1939 box AVD3 folder 7 Scope and Contents

Includes images of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, David Sarnoff, and film crews.

Pickup equipment, early portable, 1939 box AVD3 folder 8

Projection testing, circa 1960 box AVD44 folder 24

Research and manufacturing, circa 1939 box AVD3 folder 9

Research and manufacturing, circa 1939 box AVD44 folder 25

Receivers, monochrome, circa 1928-1939 box AVD3 folder 10

Television, all electric color system, 1945-1954 box AVD3 folder 11-13 Scope and Contents

Includes images of David Sarnoff at press demonstration.

Television, all electric color system, 1945-1954 box AVD44 folder 26-28

Television, early research and manufacturing, 1920-1930 box AVD3 folder 14-15

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Scope and Contents

Images of Ernst Alexanderson and experimental television equipment, Baird Televisor, memoranda, correspondence, and magazine extracts.

Television, early research and manufacturing, 1920-1930 box AVD44 folder 29-30

Television, early equipment and technology, 1936-1939 box AVD3 folder 16-18 Scope and Contents

images of Kinescope development, early sports broadcasts, scanning and control rooms, cameras, tubes, experts, antennae, and transmitters.

Television, early equipment and technology, 1936-1939 box AVD44 folder 31-32

Television, equipment and technology, circa 1950 box AVD3 folder 19

Television, how it works, circa 1936 box AVD3 folder 20 Scope and Contents

Illustrations on the transmission of TV signals.

Television, how it works, circa 1936 box AVD44 folder 33

Television, industrial, circa 1950-1968 box AVD3 folder 21-22

Television manufacturing, circa 1940-1960 box AVD4 folder 1 Scope and Contents

Images of Camden workshop floor and assembly lines.

Television manufacturing, color, circa 1950 box AVD4 folder 2 Scope and Contents

Includes images from Bloomington, IN, and Lancaster, PA, manufacturing plants.

Television receivers, color, circa 1950-1974 box AVD4 folder 3 Scope and Contents

Includes David Sarnoff and Frank Folsom.

Television receivers, color, circa 1950-1974 box AVD44 folder 34

Television receivers, color and monochrome, circa 1970-1990 box AVD4 folder 4-5

Television receivers, monochrome, circa 1940-1960 box AVD4 folder 6

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Scope and Contents

Includes Irving Sarnoff, Babe Ruth, "Jinx" Falkenburg, and Tex McCrary.

Television receivers, monochrome, circa 1940-1960 box AVD44 folder 35

Television reception, airborne, 1939 box AVD4 folder 7

Television reception, airborne, 1939 box AVD44 folder 36

Television, remote control, circa 1958-1959 box AVD4 folder 8

Theatre projection television, circa 1937-1951 box AVD4 folder 9-14

Theatre projection television, circa 1937-1951 box AVD44 folder 37-40

Transmission, airborne, circa 1939-1940 box AVD4 folder 15

Transmission, airborne, circa 1939-1940 box AVD44 folder 41

Transmission, early scanning standards, circa 1928-1940 box AVD4 folder 16

Transmission, early technology, circa 1939-1940 box AVD4 folder 17

Tubes, Kinescope picture, circa 1929-1937 box AVD4 folder 18

Tubes, Orthicon TV camera, circa 1937-1943 box AVD4 folder 19

Tubes, color picture, circa 1947-1954 box AVD4 folder 20

Tubes, color picture, circa 1947-1954 box AVD44 folder 42

UHF broadcasting, circa 1962 box AVD4 folder 21 Scope and Contents

Images near Detroit, MI.

Videotape recording and playback, circa 1950 box AVD4 folder 22 Scope and Contents

Includes David Sarnoff.

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General Electric, circa 1917-1930 Scope and Contents

The General Electric Co. 1917-1930 series contains photographs of a variety of electron tubes from this period.

Title/Description Instances Electron tubes, circa 1917-1930 box AVD5 folder 1-3

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RCA Communications, circa 1920-1940 Scope and Contents

The series, RCA Communications 1920s-1940s, features photographs of the Rocky Point, New York transmission station, ship-to-shore wireless, and examples of facsimile transmission.

Title/Description Instances Facsimile, circa 1920-1930 box AVD5 folder 4

Rocky Point, New York, transmitting station and other RCA box AVD5 folder 5 Communications facilities, circa 1920-1940

Ship to shore wireless, 1926 box AVD5 folder 6

Unknown radio station, circa 1920 box AVD44 folder 43

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RCA Labs R&D, circa 1920-1980 Scope and Contents

Title/Description Instances Computers, address decoder, 1957 box AVD5 folder 7

Film, thin - electro-optic waveguide, 1977 box AVD5 folder 8

Film, thin - transistors, 1961 box AVD5 folder 9

High speed computer memory, 1963 box AVD5 folder 10

Laser, infrared, two-in-one, 1965 box AVD5 folder 11

Laser, plastic, 1963 box AVD5 folder 12

Laser. solid state, 1963 box AVD5 folder 13

Magnet, superconductive, 1964 box AVD5 folder 14

Magnetic core memory, 1953 box AVD5 folder 15

Microphone, experimental, circa 1950 box AVD5 folder 16

Public relations, 1942 box AVD5 folder 17

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Scope and Contents

Includes David Sarnoff, Elmer Engstrom, and Major General Dawson Olmstead, at dedication of RCA Labs, Princeton, NJ.

Public relations, 1942 box AVD44 folder 44

Reading aid for blind, circa 1950 box AVD5 folder 18

Richard (Dick) Klensch, circa 1970 box AVD5 folder 19

Riverhead, Long Island, New York, 1919-1920 box AVD5 folder 20

Riverhead, Long Island, New York, 1919-1920 box AVD44 folder 45

Scientist with microscope, undated box AVD5 folder 21

Tube, camera - intensifier, 19581970 box AVD5 folder 22

Tube, electron picture storage, circa 1954 box AVD5 folder 23

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RCA Divisions (excluding RCA Labs), 1926-1988 Scope and Contents

Title/Description Instances Microwaves, installation, 1961 box AVD5 folder 24

Microwaves, installation, 1961 box AVD44 folder 46

Microwaves, Western Union U.S. transcontinental system, circa box AVD5 folder 25 1960-1962

Microwaves, Western Union U.S. transcontinental system, circa box AVD44 folder 47 1960-1962

RCA Aerospace Systems Building Management System, circa box AVD5 folder 26 1980

RCA Aerospace Systems, space programs - Apollo 15, circa 1969 box AVD5 folder 27

RCA American Communications, buildings and grounds, box AVD5 folder 28 groundbreakings - Forrestal Center, Princeton, New Jersey, circa 1979-1980

RCA American Communications, communication services, circa box AVD5 folder 29 1976-1986

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RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - Atmosphere Explorer, box AVD5 folder 30 1973

RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - Hydrogen Clock, box AVD5 folder 31 1976

RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - Satcom , 19761980 box AVD5 folder 32

RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - Spacenet, 1984 box AVD5 folder 33

RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - television camera for box AVD5 folder 34 ATS satellite, 1967

RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - television camera for box AVD5 folder 35 EROS satellite, 1967

RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - TIROS, weather box AVD5 folder 36 satellite, 1960-1982

RCA Astro Electronics, satellite programs - TIROS, weather box AVD5 folder 37 satellite presentation, 1975

RCA Astro Electronics, space photography, circa 1962-1973 box AVD5 folder 38

RCA Astro Electronics, space programs - color television camera, box AVD5 folder 39 circa 1967-1972

RCA Astro Electronics, space programs - dielectric tape camera, box AVD5 folder 40 1966

RCA Astro Electronics, space programs - magnetic tape recorder, box AVD5 folder 41 circa 1969

RCA Astro Electronics, space programs - Ranger, 1964 July 31 box AVD5 folder 42 Scope and Contents

Includes Dr. Elmer W. Engstrom congratulating engineers and technicians for successful Ranger 7 mission.

RCA Astro Electronics, space programs - television camera for box AVD5 folder 43 Apollo 7 and 8., circa 1969

RCA Astro Electronics, space programs - 20th anniversary in box AVD5 folder 44 space, 1978 Scope and Contents

Includes press release and summary of space programs in which RCA participated.

RCA Astro Electronics, space programs - vacuum chamber box AVD5 folder 45 testing, 1961

RCA Astro Electronics, testing and equipment, circa 1969-1976 box AVD6 folder 1

RCA Automated Systems, RCA contributions , 1983 box AVD6 folder 2

RCA Commercial Communications, Meadow Lands, box AVD6 folder 3 Pennsylvania, circa 1975

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RCA Communications, electronic telegraph system, 1964 box AVD6 folder 4

RCA Consumer Electronics, design center, 1972 box AVD6 folder 5

RCA Defense Electronics Projects, Cambridge, Ohio facility, box AVD6 folder 6 1961

RCA Distributor and Special Projects, history, circa 1984-1986 box AVD6 folder 7

RCA Electromagnetic and Aviation Systems, Radar, circa 1973 box AVD6 folder 8

RCA Electron Tube Division, Nuvistor tube, 1959 box AVD6 folder 9

RCA Electronics Products Division, commercial products, circa box AVD6 folder 10 1966

RCA Frequency Bureau, circa 1953-1958 box AVD6 folder 11

RCA Globcom, video communications - Videovoice, 1971 box AVD6 folder 12-13

RCA Government and Commercial Systems, RCA contributions , box AVD6 folder 14 1974

RCA Government and Commercial Systems, Space Programs - box AVD6 folder 15 Apollo Soyuz test project, 1975-1976

RCA Government and Commercial Systems, Space Programs - box AVD6 folder 16 RCA contributions, 1975

RCA Government Communications Survival Avionics System, box AVD6 folder 17 military survival radio, 1980-1981

RCA Institutes, lab experiments, undated box AVD6 folder 18

RCA Manufacturing, transcription turntables, X-ray diffraction box AVD6 folder 19 and spectroscopy equipment, circa 1937-1965

RCA Manufacturing, Liege, Belgium facility, circa 1970 box AVD6 folder 20

RCA Missile and Surface Radar, microwave radar, circa box AVD6 folder 21 1976-1988

RCA Missile and Surface Radar, microwave radar - Aegis System, box AVD6 folder 22 circa 1973-1983

RCA Missile and Surface Radar, microwave radar - Ballistic box AVD6 folder 23 Missile Early Warning System, 1950-1969

RCA Missile and Surface Radar, microwave radar - Range box AVD6 folder 24 Instrumentation Systems, circa 1950-1969

RCA Missile and Surface Radar, microwave radar - Apollo box AVD6 folder 25 Program, circa 1960-1970

RCA Missile and Surface Radar, microwave radar - Tradex box AVD6 folder 26 Program, circa 1965

RCA Missile Electronics and Controls, Burlington, Massachusetts box AVD6 folder 27 facility, circa 1958

RCA Palm Beach Division, circa 1974 box AVD6 folder 28

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RCA Radio, marine - dead reckoning analyzer, 1959 box AVD6 folder 29

RCA Radiomarine, regulations, 1928 box AVD6 folder 30

RCA Service Company, Eastern District Service Station, circa box AVD6 folder 31 1926

RCA Service Company, history, 1986 box AVD6 folder 32

RCA Service Company, product testing, 1952 box AVD6 folder 33

RCA / Sharp Microelectronics, 1986 box AVD6 folder 34

RCA Solid State Division, history, 1985 box AVD6 file 35

RCA Technical and Testing Department, Van Cortlandt Park Lab, box AVD6 file 36-37 New York, circa 1920-1930

RCA Transoceanic Stations, New Brunswick, New Jersey, box AVD7 file 1 19211981 Scope and Contents

Includes David Sarnoff, Albert Einstein, Charles Steinmetz, Ernst F. W. Alexanderson, and other scientists and engineers.

RCA Victor, Camden, New Jersey facility, circa 1943 box AVD7 file 2

RCA Victor, China facility, circa 1935 box AVD7 file 3

RCA Victor, Harrison, New Jersey facility - transistor box AVD7 file 4-5 manufacturing, circa 19531973

RCA Victor, Harrison, New Jersey facility - transistor box AVD44 folder 48 manufacturing, circa 19531973

RCA Victor, Harrison, New Jersey facility - phonograph and box AVD7 file 6 stereo sets, circa 1960-1962

RCA Victor LTD, microwaves - Canada-Alaska system, box AVD7 file 7 1960-1962

RCA Victor LTD, microwaves - Canada-Alaska system, box AVD44 folder 49 1960-1962

RCA Wall Street Systems Center, computer systems, 1970 box AVD7 file 8

RCA West Coast Electronics Center, "Strength through box AVD7 file 9 Electronics" program, 1960

Satellite Communications, Federal Communications Commission box AVD7 file 10 proposal, 1961

Sonar, RCA contributions, circa 1950 box AVD7 file 11

Weapons Research, missile tracking at sea, circa 1963 box AVD7 file 12

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RCA Labs, 1950-1986 Scope and Contents

Title/Description Instances Automotive Electronics, vehicle multiplex system, 1983 box AVD7 file 13

Bubble memory, new compound, 1973 box AVD7 file 14

CAD / CAM technology, 1984 box AVD7 file 15

CAD / CAM technology, 1984 box AVD44 folder 50

Camera, charge-coupled device (CCD), infrared, 1981 box AVD7 file 16

Camera, infrared, 1980 box AVD7 file 17

Camera, miniature, charge transfer television image sensor, box AVD7 file 18-19 1971-1972

Camera, miniature, charge transfer television image sensor, box AVD44 folder 51-52 1971-1972

Camera, solid state, 1977 box AVD7 folder 20

Camera, solid state, 1977 box AVD44 folder 53

Camera, tubeless television, 1966 box AVD7 folder 21

Circuit board, porcelain-over-steel, 1981 box AVD7 folder 22

Coal, fireless generating system, 1981 box AVD7 folder 23

Comb filter, ColorTrak TV, 1980 box AVD7 folder 24

Comb filter, ColorTrak TV, 1980 box AVD44 folder 54

Computer pool game, circa 1970 box AVD7 folder 25

Computer program, sailing instructions, 1985 box AVD7 folder 26

Computer research, cryoelectric memory, 1967 box AVD7 folder 27

Computer research, flux logic element array (FLEA), circa box AVD7 folder 28 1967-1968

Computer research, flux logic element array (FLEA), circa box AVD45 folder 1 1967-1968

Computer research (laser computers), light switching device, 1968 box AVD7 folder 29

Computer research (laser computers), light switching device, 1968 box AVD45 folder 2

Computer, musical keyboard, 1982 box AVD7 folder 30

Cryogenics, undated box AVD7 folder 31 - Page 23- RCA News and Information Department photographs 2464.68

David Sarnoff Library, 1967 box AVD7 folder 32 Scope and Contents

Includes dedication booklet and library brochure.

Direct broadcast satellite antenna, 1984 box AVD8 folder 1

Disc, video recording, 1976 box AVD8 folder 2

Evaporimeter, 1982 box AVD8 folder 3

Film, thin, circa 1961 box AVD8 folder 4

Film, thin, circa 1961 box AVD45 folder 3

Film, thin - circuit, 1970 box AVD8 folder 5

Holography, research team, circa 1969 box AVD45 folder 4

Homefax, 1967 box AVD8 folder 6

Homefax, 1967 box AVD45 folder 5

Laser, acoustic optic deflector, 1972-1973 box AVD8 folder 7

Laser, argon gas, circa 1967-1971 box AVD8 folder 8-10

Laser, argon gas, circa 1967-1971 box AVD45 folder 6-7

Laser, argon gas - laser beam and tube, 1966 box AVD8 folder 11

Laser, argon gas - laser beam and tube, 1966 box AVD45 folder 8

Laser, electro-optic modulator, 1974 box AVD8 folder 12

Laser, electro-optic modulator, 1974 box AVD45 folder 9

Laser, electroluminescent, 1968 box AVD8 folder 13

Laser, External Bragg Reflecting Laser (EBRL), 1985 box AVD8 folder 14

Laser, first 3D hologram, 1967 box AVD8 folder 15

Laser, helium neon, 1968 box AVD8 folder 16

Laser, helium neon, 1968 box AVD45 folder 10

Laser, helium-selenium, 1971 box AVD8 folder 17

Laser, helium-selenium, 1971 box AVD45 folder 11

Laser, holographic read only memory, 1968 box AVD8 folder 18

Laser, holographic read only memory, 1968 box AVD45 folder 12

Laser, Hololock, 1971 box AVD8 folder 19

Laser, Hololock, 1971 box AVD45 folder 13

Laser, krypton - continuous wave, undated box AVD8 folder 20

Laser, krypton - continuous wave, undated box AVD45 folder 14 - Page 24- RCA News and Information Department photographs 2464.68

Laser, optical data recording, 1982 box AVD8 folder 21

Laser, optical memory, 1972-1973 box AVD8 folder 22

Laser, pulsed ruby optical memory for computers, 1971 box AVD8 folder 23

Laser, ruby, undated box AVD8 folder 24

Laser, ruby, undated box AVD45 folder 15

Laser, semiconductor, 1975 box AVD8 folder 25

Laser, solid state, 1978-1979 box AVD8 folder 26-27

Laser, solid state, 1978-1979 box AVD45 folder 16-17

Laser, sun-pumped, 1966 box AVD8 folder 28

Laser, transmitter, infrared, range finder, undatedcirca 1962-1965 box AVD8 folder 29-30

Laser, ultraviolet, 1967 box AVD8 folder 31

Laser, zinc oxide, undated box AVD9 folder 1

Laser, zinc oxide, undated box AVD45 folder 18

Laser cane, 1967 box AVD9 folder 2

Laser detector, 1965 box AVD9 folder 3

Laser holography, 1970-1971 box AVD9 folder 4-5

Laser holography, 1970-1971 box AVD45 folder 19-20

Laser research, circa 1965 box AVD45 folder 21

Liquid crystal display, 1974 box AVD9 folder 6

Liquid crystal technique, 1974 box AVD9 folder 7

Liquid crystals, 1968 box AVD9 folder 8

Materials characterization research - Auget spectrometry box AVD9 folder 9 equipment, 1977

Measuring system, ultrasonic, 1975 box AVD9 folder 10

Measuring system, ultrasonic, 1975 box AVD45 folder 22

Medical research, ultrasonic system, 1976 box AVD9 folder 11

Microimage color transfer system, 1977 box AVD9 folder 12

Microprocessor, automotive applications, circa 1974 box AVD9 frame 13

Microscope, scanning capacitance, 1984 box AVD9 folder 14

Microwave applications, cancer care, 1980 box AVD9 folder 15

Microwave applicator, 1985 box AVD9 folder 16

Microwave applicators, cancer treatment, 1979 box AVD9 folder 17

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box AVD45 folder 23

Microwave device, research and engineering , 1966 box AVD9 folder 18

Microwave generator, 1969 box AVD9 folder 19

Microwave generator, 1969 box AVD45 folder 24

Optical device, 1979 box AVD9 folder 20

Optical device, 1979 box AVD45 folder 25

Optical disc, 1950 box AVD9 folder 21

Optical disc, 1950 box AVD45 folder 26

Optical disc, multichannel diode laser, 1984 box AVD9 folder 22

Patent stories, 1977-1986 box AVD9 folder 23-24

Photochromics, 1968 box AVD9 folder 25

Photochromics, 1968 box AVD45 folder 27

Plasmas, 1972 box AVD9 folder 26

Plasmas, 1972 box AVD45 folder 28

Radar, automotive, 1975 box AVD9 folder 27

Radar, automotive, circa 1980 box AVD9 folder 28

Radar, collision avoidance, 1972 box AVD10 folder 1

Radar, collision avoidance, 1972 box AVD45 folder 29

Radar, electronic license plate, 1974 box AVD10 folder 2

Radar, electronic license plate, 1974 box AVD45 folder 30

Radar, long range, 1969 box AVD10 folder 3

Radar, respiration monitor, 1976 box AVD10 folder 4

Radar, surface measuring, 1979-1980 box AVD10 folder 5

Radar, weather, 1980 box AVD10 folder 6

Radio transmitter, FM, 1966 box AVD10 folder 7

Radio transmitter, FM, 1966 box AVD45 folder 31

Remote control device, TV, 1970 box AVD10 folder 8

Remote control device, TV, 1970 box AVD45 folder 32

Robotics research, 1983 box AVD10 folder 9

Robotics research, 1983 box AVD45 folder 33

Selectavision, 1969-1971 box AVD10 folder 10-11

Selectavision, 1969-1971 box AVD45 folder 34-35

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Solar battery, 1982 box AVD10 folder 12

Solar cells, Christmas tree lights, 1980 box AVD10 folder 13

Solar energy, 1977 box AVD10 folder 14

Solar energy, 1977 box AVD45 folder 36

Solar energy, amorphous silicon, 1980-1982 box AVD10 folder 15-16

Solar energy, array of plastic lenses, undated box AVD10 folder 17

Solar energy, conversion, 1976 box AVD10 folder 18

Solar energy, conversion, 1976 box AVD45 folder 37

Solar energy, ribbon silicon, 1981 box AVD10 folder 19

Solar panels, lunar orbiter, 1966 box AVD10 folder 20

Solar simulator, 1966 box AVD10 folder 21

Solid state technology, ion implantation, 1977 box AVD10 folder 22

Solid state technology, sapphire ribbon fabrication, 1978 box AVD10 folder 23

Solid state technology, wafers, 1966 box AVD10 folder 24

Solid state technology, wafers, 1966 box AVD45 folder 38

Superconductivity, 1972 box AVD10 folder 25

Television frame storage apparatus, 1973 box AVD10 folder 26

Television frame storage apparatus, 1973 box AVD45 folder 39

Tube, color TV - electrical arc suppression, 1981 box AVD10 folder 27

Tube, color TV - first shadow mask, 1982 box AVD11 folder 1

Tube, color TV - first shadow mask, 1982 box AVD45 folder 40

Tube, color TV - focus mask, 1982 box AVD11 folder 2

Tube, color TV - focus mask, 1982 box AVD45 folder 41

Tube, shadow mask TV, 1980 box AVD11 folder 3

Tube, silicon storage, 1971 box AVD11 folder 4

Tube, silicon target storage, 1970 box AVD11 folder 5

Tube, silicon target storage, 1970 box AVD45 folder 42

Tube, TV - face plates, 1977 box AVD11 folder 6

TV projector, 1970 box AVD11 folder 7

TV projector, 1970 box AVD45 folder 43

TV, flat screen color, 1980-1982 box AVD11 folder 8-9

VideoDisc, 1975-1983 box AVD11 folder 10-11

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VideoDisc, 1975-1983 box AVD45 folder 44

Voice recognition, 1969 box AVD11 folder 12

Voice recognition, 1969 box AVD45 folder 45

Women in science, 1974-1975 box AVD11 folder 13

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Carl Byoir & Associates, 1950-1985 Scope and Contents

The series, Carl Byoir & Associates, is divided into two subseries: Negatives, and Prints and Contact Sheets.

The Prints and Contact Sheets subseries contains photographs and negative contact sheets that represent a small subset of the images found in the Negatives subseries. Photographs include such diverse subjects as, the Viking and Explorer spacecraft, avionics systems, CB radio, video games, video tape recording, the TIROS-N weather satellite, television sets, parts, and manufacturing, and Videodisc. RCA divisions and locations represented include, Automated Systems Division, Burlington, Massachusetts; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Solid State Division; Astro & Electronics Division, Moorestown, New Jersey; Astro-Electronics, Hightstown, New Jersey; Indianapolis, Indiana; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Hertz Car Rental; Mountain Top, Pennsylvania; Bloomington, Indiana; Circleville, Ohio; and the Government Services Division. Some noteworthy RCA personal included are, James Hillier, Roy Pollack, and Anthony Lee Conrad, as well as several celebrities, such as John Denver, Tony Bennett, Arthur Ashe.

Negatives, 1950-1985 Scope and Contents

Title/Description Instances RCA # 001 - 299, 1950-1952 box AVD12

RCA # 300 - 586, 1952-1953 box AVD13

RCA # 587 - 873, 1953-1956 box AVD14

RCA # 874 - 1184, 1956-1959 box AVD15

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RCA # 1185 - 1426 , 1959-1960 box AVD16

RCA # 1427 - 1727 , 1960-1961 box AVD17

RCA # 1728 - 1988, 1961 box AVD18

RCA # 1989 - 2276, 1961-1962 box AVD19

RCA # 2277 - 2538, 1962 box AVD20

RCA # 2539 - 2837, 1962-1963 box AVD21

RCA # 2838 - 3139, 1963 box AVD22

RCA # 3140 - 3393, 1963-1964 box AVD23

RCA # 3394 - 3688, 1964 box AVD24

RCA # 3689 - 3948, 1964-1965 box AVD25

RCA # 3949 - 4248, 1965-1966 box AVD26

RCA # 4249 - 4439, 1966 box AVD27

RCA # 4440 - 4567, 1966 box AVD28

RCA # 4568 - 4796, 1967 box AVD29

RCA # 4797 - 4982, 1967-1968 box AVD30

RCA # 4983 - 5110, 1968 box AVD31

RCA # 5111 - 5258, 1968 box AVD32

RCA # 5259 - 5434, 1968-1969 box AVD33

RCA # 5435 - 5582, 1969 box AVD34

RCA # 5583 - 5726, 1969-1970 box AVD35

RCA # 5727 - 5899, 1970-1971 box AVD36

RCA # 5900 - 6135, 1971-1972 box AVD37

RCA # 6136 - 6321, 1972-1973 box AVD38

RCA # 6322 - 6520 and unnumbered, 1973-1975undated box AVD39

Unnumbered and public relations duplicates, 1954circa box AVD40 1961-1977

RCA # 6323 - 6519, 1973-1975 box AVD46 folder 1-61

RCA # 6614 - 6678, 1977-1979 box AVD47 folder 1-51

RCA # 6679 - 6766, 1979-1985 box AVD48 folder 1-71

Prints and contact sheets, 1973-1985

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Scope and Contents

The Prints and Contact Sheets subseries contains photographs and negative contact sheets that represent a small subset of the images found in the Negatives subseries. Photographs include such diverse subjects as, the Viking and Explorer spacecraft, avionics systems, CB radio, video games, video tape recording, the TIROS-N weather satellite, television sets, parts, and manufacturing, and Videodisc. RCA divisions and locations represented include, Automated Systems Division, Burlington, Massachusetts; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Solid State Division; Astro & Electronics Division, Moorestown, New Jersey; Astro-Electronics, Hightstown, New Jersey; Indianapolis, Indiana; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Hertz Car Rental; Mountain Top, Pennsylvania; Bloomington, Indiana; Circleville, Ohio; and the Government Services Division. Some noteworthy RCA personal included are, James Hillier, Roy Pollack, and Anthony Lee Conrad, as well as several celebrities, such as John Denver, Tony Bennett, Arthur Ashe.

Title/Description Instances RCA 6453, Explorer spacecraft, 1973 box AVD41 folder 1

RCA 6475, Viking project, 1976 box AVD41 folder 2

RCA 6477, 20th anniversary television sets, 1974 box AVD41 folder 3

RCA 6497, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, camera and tube, 1976 box AVD41 folder 4

RCA 6519, New TVs and antenna, 1976 box AVD41 folder 5

RCA 6566-6569, TV tour, 1976 box AVD41 folder 6

RCA 6568, Automated Systems Division plant photos, box AVD41 folder 7 Burlington, MA., 1976

RCA 6571, Video recorder, 1976 box AVD41 folder 8

RCA 6573, Avionics systems, 1976 box AVD41 folder 9

RCA 6574, TV tour, 1976 box AVD41 folder 10

RCA 6575, Anthony Lee Conrad, president and CEO, 1976 box AVD41 folder 11

RCA 6577, CB radio, 1976 box AVD41 folder 12

RCA 6581, RCA cameras, Yankee stadium, 1976 box AVD41 folder 13

RCA 6582, Anthony Lee Conrad at podium, 1976 box AVD41 folder 14

RCA 6584, Indianapolis Videodisc processing, Selectavision, box AVD41 folder 15 1976

RCA 6586, TV tour, TV consoles, 1976 box AVD41 folder 16

RCA 6590, Colortrak TV, 1976 box AVD41 folder 17

RCA 6594, TV tour, 1976 box AVD41 folder 18

RCA 6595, Goddard Space Center, 1976 box AVD41 folder 19

RCA 6596, Lancaster CB radio, 1976 box AVD41 folder 20

RCA 6597, CB radio in truck cab, 1976 box AVD41 folder 21

RCA 6598, Electronic parts, Solid State division, 1976 box AVD41 folder 22

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RCA 6599, Astro & Electronics Division, Moorestown, NJ box AVD41 folder 23 plant, 1976

RCA 6600, 40 channel CB radio, 1976 box AVD41 folder 24

RCA 6607, Old digital clock and chip, 1977 box AVD41 folder 25

RCA 6609, Tubmobile, 1977 box AVD41 folder 26

RCA 6610, Quick fax, 1977 box AVD41 folder 27

RCA 6612, 100 watt chassis, 1977 box AVD41 folder 28

RCA 6613, New video games, 1977 box AVD41 folder 29

RCA 6613A, Industrials, Camden, 1977 box AVD41 folder 30

RCA 6615, Setup shots of Mr. Griffith prior to annual box AVD41 folder 31 stockholders meeting, 1977

RCA 6616, Dealers meeting in Las Vegas with Arthur Godfrey, box AVD41 folder 32 1977

RCA 6618, Briefcase radio, 1977 box AVD41 folder 33

RCA 6621, Prototype of integrated radio from for Navy, 1977 box AVD41 folder 34

RCA 6622, TV antenna on boat, 1977 box AVD41 folder 35

RCA 6624, Random House Encyclopedia with Mr. Bernstein box AVD41 folder 36 and Mr. Mitchell, 1977

RCA 6626, TV antenna on camper, 1977 box AVD41 folder 37

RCA 6627, Roy Pollack with new video cassette tape recorder, box AVD41 folder 38 1977

RCA 6628, Random House Encyclopedia, 1977 box AVD41 folder 39

RCA 6629, TV video games, 1977 box AVD41 folder 40

RCA 6630, Video tape recorder, 1977 box AVD41 folder 41

RCA 6633, NFL roster packets, 1977 box AVD41 folder 42

RCA 6634, Industrials, RCA Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1977 box AVD41 folder 43

RCA 6635, Laser binoculars and portable airport control tower, box AVD41 folder 44 1977

RCA 6636, Contract signing, cable TV satellite, 1977 box AVD42 folder 1

RCA 6638, GSD, 1977 box AVD42 folder 2

RCA 6639, Industrial research at David Sarnoff Research box AVD42 folder 3 Center, 1977

RCA 6643, Armchair quarterback counter at American Airlines box AVD42 folder 4 counter, 1978

RCA 6645, TIROS-N weather satellite , 1978 box AVD42 folder 5

RCA 6647, Beepers at Hertz rental agency, 1978 - Page 31- RCA News and Information Department photographs 2464.68

box AVD42 folder 6

RCA 6648, Lancaster plant, 1978 box AVD42 folder 7

RCA 6650, Annual meeting, 1978 box AVD42 folder 8

RCA 6651, TV tour, 1978 box AVD42 folder 9

RCA 6652, automotive radios, 1978 box AVD42 folder 10

RCA 6653, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1978 box AVD42 folder 11

RCA 6655, Scranton, Pennsylvania plant, 1978 box AVD42 folder 12

RCA 6656, Aurelios restaurant, 1978 box AVD42 folder 13

RCA 6657, Hertz, 1978 box AVD42 folder 14

RCA 6659, Hertz award presentation, 1978 box AVD42 folder 15 Scope and Contents

Features O.J. Simpson

RCA 6662, New TV set, 1978 box AVD42 folder 16

RCA 6663, New TV set in Christmas setting, 1978 box AVD42 folder 17

RCA 6664, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, plant, 1978 box AVD42 folder 18

RCA 6666, Selectavision, 1978 box AVD42 folder 19

RCA 6670, Selectavision and old Edison recorder, 1978 box AVD42 folder 21

RCA 6672, Armchair quarterback display at NFL headquarters, box AVD42 folder 22 1978

RCA 6673, Circleville, Ohio plant, 1978 box AVD42 folder 23

RCA 6674, Cocktail glass TV tube, 1979 box AVD42 folder 24

RCA 6675, Videodisc, 1979 box AVD42 folder 25

RCA 6678, Satellite, 1979 box AVD42 folder 26

RCA 6678, Computer room at Knightsbridge Communications box AVD42 folder 27 Center, Piscataway, NJ, 1979

RCA 6679, TK-47 camera, 1979 box AVD42 folder 28

RCA 6680, G-Line transmitter, 1979 box AVD42 folder 29

RCA 6681, RCA Picture Tube Division, industrials at two plants box AVD42 folder 30 in Puerto Rico, Juncas and Barceloneta, 1979

RCA 6683, Dedication ceremony for new Nipper stained glass box AVD42 folder 31 windows at RCA Camden, NJ, 1979

RCA 6685, New TV camera, 1979 box AVD42 folder 32

RCA 6686, Experimental glasses, 1979 box AVD42 folder 33

RCA 6687, Portable TV, 1979 box AVD42 folder 34 - Page 32- RCA News and Information Department photographs 2464.68

RCA 6688, Bloomington, Indiana, TV plant, 1979 box AVD42 folder 35

RCA 6690, Cornfield cruiser, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1979 box AVD42 folder 36

RCA 6691, TV set in Englewood, NJ home, 1979 box AVD42 folder 37

RCA 6692, Cornfield cruiser, retouched, 1979 box AVD42 folder 38

RCA 6694, consumer electronics, 1979 box AVD42 folder 39

RCA 6695, Satcom Satellite at Astro-Electronics Division, box AVD42 folder 40 Hightstown, NJ, 1980

RCA 6696, Selectavision, 1980 box AVD42 folder 41

RCA 6698, James Hillier, 1980 box AVD42 folder 42

RCA 6704, portable TV, 1980 box AVD42 folder 43

RCA 6705, Videodisc, 1980 box AVD42 folder 44

RCA 6706, Solar Christmas tree, 1980 box AVD42 folder 45

RCA 6709, Videodisc, Bloomington, Indiana, 1981 box AVD42 folder 46

RCA 6713, Videodisc, 1981 box AVD42 folder 47

RCA 6714, Space center, 1981 box AVD42 folder 48

RCA 6716, Bob Shortall portraits, 1981 box AVD42 folder 49

RCA 6717, Videodisc, 1981 box AVD42 folder 50

RCA 6718, Videodisc, 1981 box AVD42 folder 51

RCA 6719, Computer sorter for Postal Service, 1981 box AVD42 folder 52

RCA 6721, John Denver receiving award, 1981 box AVD42 folder 53

RCA 6724, Press conference with Arthur Ashe, 1981 box AVD42 folder 54

RCA 6727, Industrials, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1982 box AVD43 folder 1

RCA 6729, Videodisc, 1982 box AVD43 folder 2

RCA 6730, Eubie Blake presentation, 1982 box AVD43 folder 3

RCA 6731, Football party, 1982 box AVD43 folder 4

RCA 6732, Children with Videodisc player, 1982 box AVD43 folder 5

RCA 6733, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982 box AVD43 folder 6

RCA 6734, Americom Earth Station, Medley, Florida, 1982 box AVD43 folder 7

RCA 6735, Jack Sauter and distributors , 1982 box AVD43 folder 8

RCA 6737, 7 inch TV, 1982 box AVD43 folder 9

RCA 6738, Amorphous solar cell, 1982 box AVD43 folder 10

RCA 6742, Global telecommunications through telephone box AVD43 folder 11 booth, 1982

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RCA 6743, Videodisc luncheon, 1982 box AVD43 folder 12

RCA 6744, Tony Bennett at RCA dinner, 1982 box AVD43 folder 13

RCA 6746, Astro-Electronics 25th anniversary, Hightstown, box AVD43 folder 14 New Jersey, 1983

RCA 6750, Government Services Division field testing for U.S. box AVD43 folder 15 Army, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1983

RCA 6751, Aegis equipment at Hightstown, New Jersey, 1983 box AVD43 folder 16

RCA 6753, New vacuum chamber, Astro-Electronics Division, box AVD43 folder 17 Hiightstown, New Jersey, 1983

RCA 6754, New TV camera, 1983 box AVD43 folder 18

RCA 6756, Videodisc at travel agency, 1984 box AVD43 folder 19

RCA 6758, New professional TV camera, 1984 box AVD43 folder 20

RCA 6759, Astro-Electronics, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1984 box AVD43 folder 21

RCA 6759A, DMSP satellite, Astro-Electronics, Hightstown, box AVD43 folder 22 New Jersey, 1985

RCA 6760, Industrials, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1985 box AVD43 folder 23

RCA 6761, New TV camera , 1985 box AVD43 folder 24

RCA 6762, TV tube manufacturing plant, Scranton, box AVD43 folder 25 Pennsylvania, 1985

RCA 6764, Astro-Electronics, 1985 box AVD43 folder 26

RCA 6765, New TV camera, 1985 box AVD43 folder 27

RCA 6766, Microwave hyperthermia applicator for cancer box AVD43 folder 28 research, RCA Labs, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985

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Annual Reports, 1984-1995

1984, 1984 Title/Description Instances Hertz, 1984 box AVD49 folder 1

Alabama, 1984 box AVD49 folder 2

Particle Accelerator Princeton Labs, 1984 box AVD49 folder 3

Camden Compactor, 1984 box AVD49 folder 4

Camden Laser Disc, 1984 box AVD49 folder 5

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Aegis phased-array test, 1984 box AVD49 folder 7

Scranton single test picture tubes, 1984 box AVD49 folder 8

Scranton picture tube multiple test, 1984 box AVD49 folder 9

Plant exterior, 1984 box AVD49 folder 10

Astro, 1984 box AVD49 folder 11

Sydney, Australia, 1984 box AVD49 folder 12

Globcom-NYC executive using computer terminal, 1984 box AVD49 folder 13

Dimensia, 1984 box AVD49 folder 14

Camden hospital closed circuit security system, 1984 box AVD49 folder 15

Light color , 1984 box AVD49 folder 16

Circuit boards and man, 1984 box AVD49 folder 17

K-band simulation, 1984 box AVD49 folder 18

Mobile antenna, NASA Cleveland, Ohio, 1984 box AVD49 folder 19

Satellite dish, 1984 box AVD49 folder 20

Video camera, 1984 box AVD49 folder 21

Voice operated robot, 1984 box AVD49 folder 22

Space shuttle radio, 1984 box AVD49 folder 23

Camcorder , 1984 box AVD49 folder 24

String quartet, 1984 box AVD49 folder 25

Wafer probe test, 1984 box AVD49 folder 26

Faceplate inspection, Circleville, OH, 1984 box AVD49 folder 27

Hot glass television faceplate , 1984 box AVD49 folder 28

Molten glass for acture tube, 1984 box AVD49 folder 29

Screen, 1984 box AVD49 folder 30

Services P.T Mugu missile preperations, 1 of 2, 1984 box AVD50 folder 1

Services P.T Mugu missile preperations, 2 of 2, 1984 box AVD50 folder 2

Launch, 1984 box AVD50 folder 3

Sydney, Australia sightseeing, 1984 box AVD50 folder 4

Small wonder seconds , 1984 box AVD50 folder 5

Bill Cosby Brooklyn studios, 1984 box AVD50 folder 6

Bradshaw/Frederick, 1984 box AVD50 folder 7

CHIBA, Japan (outside Tokyo) radiation test facility , 1984 box AVD50 folder 8

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World series selects, 1984 box AVD50 folder 9

Election night, 1984 box AVD50 folder 10

NBC election coverage, studio 8-H with monitors, 1984 box AVD50 folder 11

NBC election coverage Brokaw, Mudd, and Chancellor, 1984 box AVD50 folder 12

NBC election night coverage studio 8-H, 1984 box AVD50 folder 13

Home computer , 1984 box AVD50 folder 14

Home computer seconds , 1984 box AVD50 folder 15

1985, 1985 Title/Description Instances Satellite dish, 1985 box AVD51 folder 1

Firsts, Bradshaw/Frederick, 1985 box AVD51 folder 2

Seconds, Bradshaw/Frederick , 1985 box AVD51 folder 3

Space shuttle mock up, 1985 box AVD51 folder 4

Faceplate conveyor line, Circlevile, OH, 1985 box AVD51 folder 5

Light test, Bloomington, Indiana, 1985 box AVD51 folder 6

Page 9, Screen production, 1985 box AVD51 folder 7

Computer machine , 1985 box AVD51 folder 8

CAD/CAM and machine double exposure , 1985 box AVD51 folder 9

Firsts, Mariot Marquis, 1985 box AVD51 folder 10

Computer monitor MFS test, Bloomington, Indiana, 1985 box AVD51 folder 11

RCA Astro, 1985 box AVD51 folder 12

RCA horizontals, camcorder, 1985 box AVD51 folder 13

RCA verticals, camcorder , 1985 box AVD51 folder 14

Spacecraft , 1985 box AVD51 folder 15

"Quick and Easy", 1985 box AVD51 folder 16

Mobile antenna, NASA Cleaveland, OH, 1985 box AVD51 folder 17

Teleconferencing , 1985 box AVD51 folder 18

Satellite dish, 1985 box AVD51 folder 19

Traveling, 1985 box AVD51 folder 20

Film reels, 1985 box AVD51 folder 21

Golden girls, 1985 box AVD51 folder 22

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Digital television lab, 1985 box AVD51 folder 24

Microwave robot, 1985 box AVD51 folder 25

Speech lab, 1985 box AVD51 folder 26

Stairway mount seal for television picture tubes, 1985 box AVD51 folder 27

Staff portraits , 1985 box AVD51 folder 28

Still life, 1985 box AVD52 folder 1

Astro, 1985 box AVD52 folder 2

Camden hospital closed circuit security system, 1985 box AVD52 folder 3

Small wonder camera Sydney, Australia, 1985 box AVD52 folder 4

Globcom New York City executive using computer terminal, box AVD52 folder 5 1985

Dimensia in studio, dimensia television screens, 1985 box AVD52 folder 6

Service co-PT Mugu missile launch and preparation , 1985 box AVD52 folder 7

Hertz driving directions LAX airport express booth, 1985 box AVD52 folder 8

Hertz agent at LAX, 1985 box AVD52 folder 9

Service company LAX American Airlines terminal-family , box AVD52 folder 10 1985

Service American Airlines terminal and monitor, 1985 box AVD52 folder 11

South Mountain Globcom microwave tower, 1985 box AVD52 folder 12

South Mountain Globcom illuminated dishes, 1985 box AVD52 folder 13

South Mountain man on dish Globcom, 1985 box AVD52 folder 14

South Mountain Globcom dishes at dusk, 1985 box AVD52 folder 15

South Mountain blue dish silhouette Globcom , 1985 box AVD52 folder 16

PT Reyes American/ Globcom dishes and pasture , 1985 box AVD52 folder 17

PT Reyes Globcom dish and American antenna field , 1985 box AVD52 folder 18

PT Reyes Americom Marine radio station , 1985 box AVD52 folder 19

Picture tube final inspection Scranton, Pennsylvania , 1985 box AVD52 folder 20

Scranton robot, 1985 box AVD52 folder 21

Ethiopia, 1985 box AVD52 folder 22

Plasma chamber solid state Somerville, New Jersey, 1985 box AVD52 folder 23

Solid state cadcam , 1985 box AVD52 folder 24

Heisler's Alabama , 1985 box AVD52 folder 25

Particle accelerator Princeton labs, 1985 box AVD52 folder 26

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Camden comparator, 1985 box AVD52 folder 27

Camden laser disc, 1985 box AVD52 folder 28

Camden infrared televison , 1985 box AVD52 folder 29

Aegis-phased array test, 1985 box AVD52 folder 30

Scranton single test picture tubes, 1985 box AVD52 folder 31

Scranton picture tube multiple test, 1985 box AVD52 folder 32

Plant exterior, 1985 box AVD52 folder 33

NBC election coverage studio 8-H overviews and cameraman, box AVD52 folder 34 1985

World series , 1985 box AVD52 folder 35

Chiba, Japan (outside Tokyo) radiation test facility , 1985 box AVD52 folder 36

Bradshaw/ Frederick , 1985 box AVD52 folder 37

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