Philo T. Farnsworth

File — Box: 2, Folder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

1 PTF at age 13.
2 PTF and LaVieda Coacher (early girlfriend), school year 1919-1920.
3 “PTF, winter 1925. The world looked pretty dark. Had lost his father and could get no one to listen to his T.V. ideas. Couldn’t even find a job. Finally took a street cleaning job until he could find something better.”
4 PTF working at his desk.
5 PTF holding a new version of his high power multipactor tubes. Philadelphia, 1933-35. Duplicate see (P0437n01_11_006)
6 PTF at his desk, 1935. Duplicate see (P0437n01_01_013)
7 PTF at his desk, 1935. Duplicate see (P0437n01_01_013)
8 PTF at his desk, 1935. Duplicate see (P0437n01_01_027)
9 Illustration of PTF, 1950.
10 PTF with a camera. Duplicate see (P0437n01_01_026)
11 PTF in a clerk’s hat.
12 PTF. Duplicate see (P0437n01_01_015)
13 Phil in mid gesture, 1970.
14 Philo T. Farnsworth 1970 In his study in Holladay, UT, taken by Son Kent. Behind him his state of the art computer.

Dates

1900-1980

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