Garage/Presidential Returns/Broadcast

(Original Caption) Filed 3/15/1924-Station KDKA-The pioneer in radio Broadcasting... Wilkensburg, PA: This little town, a short distance from Pittsburgh, where station KDKA is situated, boasts of being the first municipally to house a broadcasting station. Photo shows the garage of Frank Conrad, from which the election returns of President Harding's rise to Chief Executive of the United States were sent around the country, after being relayed from Pittsburgh by telephone.

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Credit:

Bettmann / Contributor

Editorial #:

514699304

Collection:

Bettmann

Date created:

January 01, 1900

License type:

Rights-managed

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Not released. More information

Source:

Bettmann

Object name:

U236938INP

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3339 x 2165 px (11.13 x 7.22 in) - 300 dpi - 4 MB