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Orson Welles broadcasts his radio show of HG Wells' science fiction novel The War of
Orson Welles (arms raised) rehearses his radio depiction of H.G. Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds. The broadcast, which aired on October 30, 1938, ...
Carter and King Jazzing Orchestra in 1921, Houston, Texas. The Jazz Age was ...
CBC-Radio host Max Ferguson in a clip from the CBC-TV series Graphic, broadcast on 29 March 1957 (courtesy CBC).
A family gathered around a radio console, 1930s.
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Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith
Reginald Fessenden (right) and coworkers in their radio station at Brant Rock, Massachusetts
George Gershwin Fanny Brice and Al Jolson
Kate Smith performing with studio musicians for a radio broadcast, 1946.
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Paul Whiteman and Nat Shilkret
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Graham McNamee of radio station WEAF broadcasting a baseball game from the 1924 World Series at
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The Marconi Company was formed in England in 1897. The photo shows a typical early scene, from 1906, with Marconi employee Donald Manson at right.
The Cotton Club in the 1920s
A movie theater in New Orleans, Louisiana
A disc jockey delivering the Sirius Satellite Radio service's first live broadcast, from the Rock
Interior of the KDKA “radio shack,” constructed atop the Westinghouse building in Pittsburgh
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A Caucasian man in his thirties is sitting behind a piano facing left. He has
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Charlie Chaplin is shown sitting in a doorway with his arms folded, accompanied by a
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No one involved with Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds expected to deceive listeners to the degree that they did. (© Bettmann/CORBIS)
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Duke Ellington was one of the original Cotton Club performers
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Edna St. Vincent Millay, pictured here in 1925, was one of the most
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Felix the Cat in front of an early the TV Camera
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Hollywood in the 1920s: Hollywoodland
A promotional poster for the Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (1894), showing dancers, clowns, trapeze artists, costumed dog, singers and costumed actors
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, pictured here in a quieter moment of their lives sometime in
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Announcer Jack Brown (centre) interviewing movie stars Humphrey Bogart (left) and Lauren
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Emil Voigt, founder of 2KY on behalf of the Labor Council of New South Wales. This photo was taken in earlier days when Voight was a prominent British ...
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During the 1950s, Don Hewitt (left) was perhaps the most influential producer of television news. He was responsible not only for CBS's successful evening ...
Woman celebrating the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Stocky African-American man sitting and playing the piano. He has black hair and
"Doc" Herrold is shown at the microphone of KQW, early 1920s.
The History of Film The 1920s. The Pre-Talkies and the Silent Era
Unidentified football team, no date (c.1920). From the Dunn Area (Lewis White Studio) Photo Collection, PhC.121, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
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Poster showing two women in the bottom left of the picture looking up towards a man
The bobbed hair and heavy eye makeup worn by flappers was bold and modern.
A selection of American newspapers from 1885, with portraits of their publishers. First row: The Union and Advertiser (William Purcell) - The Omaha Daily ...
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American news broadcasters Edward R. Murrow (left) and William L. Shirer (
In the 1920s, radio appeared on the scene. It became a serious competitor with
The first commercial radio broadcast was in latter in 1920. Radios became a very crucial part of the average American family life.
Orson Welles broadcasts his radio show of HG Wells' science fiction novel The War of
Carter and King Jazzing Orchestra in 1921, Houston, Texas. The Jazz Age was ...
Orson Welles (arms raised) rehearses his radio depiction of H.G. Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds. The broadcast, which aired on October 30, 1938, ...
CBC-Radio host Max Ferguson in a clip from the CBC-TV series Graphic, broadcast on 29 March 1957 (courtesy CBC).
A family gathered around a radio console, 1930s.
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Reginald Fessenden (right) and coworkers in their radio station at Brant Rock, Massachusetts
Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith
Kate Smith performing with studio musicians for a radio broadcast, 1946.
George Gershwin Fanny Brice and Al Jolson
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Graham McNamee of radio station WEAF broadcasting a baseball game from the 1924 World Series at
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The best-known Irish musical name was that of tenor John McCormack (above)
A movie theater in New Orleans, Louisiana
The Marconi Company was formed in England in 1910. The photo shows a typical early scene, from 1906, with Marconi employee Donald Manson at right.
Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke
A disc jockey delivering the Sirius Satellite Radio service's first live broadcast, from the Rock
Langston Hughes, here pictured in 1958, was a fixture of the parties of the
It was against this backdrop of racial bias that African American's began to emerge as a major influence on the American music scene.
Interior of the KDKA “radio shack,” constructed atop the Westinghouse building in Pittsburgh
The beloved movie monster that hits screens again in "Kong: Skull Island" was
Paul Whiteman and Nat Shilkret
Edna St. Vincent Millay, pictured here in 1925, was one of the most
An actor in front of the TV Camera
Famous 1920s' singer & film star, Al Jolson, in Lucky Strike cigarette ad
It's an excellent adaptation, in other words, of F. Scott Fitzgerald's melodramatic American classic.
Alan Freed (centre, headphones), who popularized the term rock and roll as
The Cotton Club in the 1920s
Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Freddie Mercury and Brian May
Announcer Jack Brown (centre) interviewing movie stars Humphrey Bogart (left) and Lauren
No one involved with Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds expected to deceive listeners to the degree that they did. (© Bettmann/CORBIS)
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Felix the Cat in front of an early the TV Camera
"Flappers". The image of the 1920s ...
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Charles Logwood broadcasting at station 2XG, New York City, circa November, 1916.
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American news broadcasters Edward R. Murrow (left) and William L. Shirer (
The bobbed hair and heavy eye makeup worn by flappers was bold and modern.
Unidentified football team, no date (c.1920). From the Dunn Area (Lewis White Studio) Photo Collection, PhC.121, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
During the 1950s, Don Hewitt (left) was perhaps the most influential producer of television news. He was responsible not only for CBS's successful evening ...
Speed Langworthy's Sheet music poking fun at the masculine traits many women adopted during the 1920s.
Fans - the early swing era
Actors Leslie Reece (centre) and Joy Shelton (right) reading the parts of
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, pictured here in a quieter moment of their lives sometime in
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One-Way Police Radio Communication, 1928
Roaring Twenties Fact 10: Economy: The United States moved from the war economy and businesses moved on from supplying military needs to making commercial ...
Willis Conover (left) interviewing Louis Armstrong for the Voice of America, 1955.
Five years later, he noted, approvingly, that white Americans had “gunned down . . . millions of redskins.”
The History of Film The 1920s. The Pre-Talkies and the Silent Era
Woman celebrating the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Stations broadcasted everything from news and music to politics and news. "Amos 'n' Andy" was a popular comedy program of the time. radio.jpg
A body is removed from the scene of a suicide attack that targeted the Afghan state
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler sits at a table facing a group of young uniformed National Socialists
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