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Stooky Bill1094 viewsAn October 3 1929 newspaper image of John Logie Baird with Stooky Bill, the dummy he used in his demonstrations, and TV equipment. The caption stated: "One more dream of science has been realised. Man's vision has spanned the Ocean, and transatlantic television has been demonstrated to be a reality. A man and a woman sat before an electric eye in a London laboratory last night, and a group of people in a darkened basement in the village of Hartsdale, New York, watched them turn their heads and move from side to side. The images were crude and broken, but they were images nevertheless."
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William Taynton1088 viewsWilliam Taynton is seen with large cathode ray tubes at Radiolympia in 1939.
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Publicity picture1080 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 Baird1079 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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Scanner1062 viewsA 30 facet mirror drum flying spot scanner. Image circa 1931.
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Portrait1059 viewsAn August 23 1930 photo of John Logie Baird.
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Baird colour TV1057 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 experiment1043 viewsJohn Logie Baird working at Hastings, circa 1924.
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Portrait1039 viewsA photographic portrait of Helensburgh-born TV inventor John Logie Baird. Image date unknown.
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Early portrait1038 viewsTV inventor John Logie Baird, pictured as a young man. Image date not known.
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Wireless transmitter1031 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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Baird's electric light plant1025 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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