John Logie Baird Scottish Television Pioneer 1933 Signed Photo Card & Letter

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John Logie Baird Scottish Television Pioneer 1933 Signed Photo Card & Letter
John Logie Baird (13 August 1888 - 14 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first live working television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube.
Baird was an inventor with diverse interests who, early in his career, dabbled in such diverse areas as synthetic diamonds, a glass razor, pneumatic shoes, thermal "undersocks," fiber optics, radar, and video recording. His major contribution to science, however, came with his pioneering television transmission in 1925. His demonstration was repeated for the Royal Society the following year and, in 1927, he transmitted the first long-distance television images between London and Glasgow. In 1928, he again made history by transmitting the first transatlantic television transmission. Baird International Television Limited was formed in 1928 to explore the commercial applications of his innovations, and, beginning in 1929, the BBC transmitted television programming using one of Baird's systems. Baird's commercial endeavor was hindered by the total loss of his Crystal Palace laboratory in 1936, and, by 1937, the BBC switched its transmissions to the competing Marconi system. Nonetheless, Baird continued to make important innovations in television broadcasting up until his death.
Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history.
Lot comprised by:
a) 8" x 5" Card with printed photo of John Logie Bird, with hand written signature, dated June 22, 1933. Condition: Excellent
b) Typed Letter with Baird Television Development Company letterhead to collector, dated June 12th., 1933. Condition: Very Good
REF #:
AZ-88
Provenance:
From the collection of Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin (birth: Montevideo, Uruguay, September 21, 1880 - death: Montevideo, Uruguay: December 12, 1941), who spent over 20 years collecting autographs mainly from prominent political figures worldwide. He used to send blank cards with a newspaper or magazine clipped photo of the person, attaching a letter asking for an autograph and including a self-addressed envelope.
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