Collection on Station MX
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Title: Collection on Station MX
Dates: 1920-1986
Collection Number: 2003-42
Creator/Collector:
Christensen, Philip C.
Hoehn, Fred M.
Royden, George T.
Extent: .5 linear feet
Online items available
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Collection of photographs and background documentation related to Station MX in Palo Alto, first built by Federal Telegraph
Company in 1921 as "Marsh Station", later owned by Mackay Radio and ITT Corporation.
Language of Material: English
Available to researchers by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives. The bulk of the photographs have been scanned
and can be viewed through History San Jose's online catalog.
Contact the Curator of Research Library & Archives for information on reproduction and publication.
[Identification of item]. Collection on Station MX. Collection Number: 2003-42. History San Jose Research Library
Originally part of the electronics collection at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. Transferred to History San
Jose in 2003 as part of the Perham Collection of Early Electronics.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection of photographs and background documentation related to Station MX in Palo Alto, first built by Federal Telegraph
Company in 1921 as "Marsh Station", later owned by Mackay Radio and ITT Corporation. The photographs appear to have been collected
by several former employees of Federal Telegraph and Mackay Radio, including Fred M. Hoehn, George T. Royden, and Philip C.
Christensen as part of a project to write a history of Station MX. The images include early construction and operation of
the station by Federal Telegraph, a selection of Kolster Radio Compass images, Mackay Radio/KDD installations in Oyama and
Nizaki, Japan, Mackay Radio's Las Pinas station in the Philippines, and several images of the KFS station in Lobitos.
Telegraph, Wireless--History
Marine radio stations
Radio stations--Employees
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co.
ITT Corporation
Federal Telegraph Company
Kolster Radio Corporation
Palo Alto (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Las Piñas (National Capital Region, Philippines)
Japan
photographic prints