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William Taynton1131 viewsWilliam Taynton is seen with large cathode ray tubes at Radiolympia in 1939.
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Baird and Buchanan1125 viewsJohn Logie Baird pictured filming his lifelong friend and patron Jack Buchanan, the Helensburgh-born stage and film star, on the roof of the Long Acre Studios in London on July 2 1928. The technician was Thomas Collier.
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Publicity picture1113 viewsJohn Logie Baird smiles broadly for a publicity still with Gwen Farrar, a London-born singer, cellist and film actress, who was the stage partner of singing pianist Norah Blaney. Image date unknown.
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Mr and Mrs John Logie Baird1111 viewsJohn and Margaret Baird on holiday at St Tropez in the south of France in April 1939, their last holiday before World War Two.
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Scanner1109 viewsA 30 facet mirror drum flying spot scanner. Image circa 1931.
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Portrait1095 viewsAn August 23 1930 photo of John Logie Baird.
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Baird colour TV1092 viewsThe first public demonstration of John Logie Baird's 120-line system to transmit colour films on to a large screen took place at the Dominion Theatre in London on February 4 1938, with a second demonstration from Crystal Palace on February 17. He used the electronic system to produce a 600-line two by two and a half feet screen image on a colour Tele-Radiogram.
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Hastings experiment1078 viewsJohn Logie Baird working at Hastings, circa 1924.
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Early portrait1073 viewsTV inventor John Logie Baird, pictured as a young man. Image date not known.
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Portrait1069 viewsA photographic portrait of Helensburgh-born TV inventor John Logie Baird. Image date unknown.
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Baird's electric light plant1063 viewsAs a schoolboy John Logie Baird installed an electric light plant in the family home, the Manse, in West Argyle Street, Helensburgh. He is seen here with part of the plant. A home-made dynamo was driven by a water-wheel connected to the water main, and with a collection of jam jars and sheet lead successfully generated current.
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Wireless transmitter1062 viewsThis image from the 1926 book 'Television: Seeing by Wireless', written by Alfred Dinsdale, A.M.I.R.E., shows John Logie Baird with his wireless transmitting set at 2T.V. It had a power of 250 watts and a wave length of 200 metres. A copy of the first edition of this book fetched over £10,000 at a Christies auction.
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