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Lee De Forest (1873-1961) Scrapbook, 1919-1924
GC 1189
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Title: Lee De Forest (1873-1961) Scrapbook, 1919-1924
Dates: 1919-1924
Collection Number: GC 1189
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Extent: (Boxes: 1 ov)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: One scrapbook of clippings, letters and photographs pertaining to De Forest and his inventions.
Language of Material: English
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Lee De Forest (1873-1961) Scrapbook, 1919-1924. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Iowa-born inventor, received a B.S. and Ph.D. from Yale. Worked on apparatus for radio telegraphy. Invented the triode (1906),
the prototype of all electronic amplifiers. Among his other inventions were sound film and colored television. Lived in Palo
Alto from 1910-1913 and moved back to California in 1930. Died in Hollywood in 1961. [Hart, Companion to California.]
Scope and Content of Collection
One scrapbook of clippings, letters and photographs pertaining to De Forest and his inventions. There are articles by and
about De Forest. The bulk of the clippings are about his invention of sound film. There are also clippings and ephemera pertaining
to Thomas A. Edison's 75th birthday celebration (1924) and a letter from Edison to De Forest on the same subject. Fragile.
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931