Ben Conroy, Ed Parsons, Robert Dudley at Cable Television Pioneers dinner
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Title | Ben Conroy, Ed Parsons, Robert Dudley at Cable Television Pioneers dinner |
Description | Leroy "Ed" Parsons, electronics engineer, built the first cable system in the United States that used coaxial cable, amplifiers, and a community antenna to deliver television signals in Astoria, Oregon. In 1948 a television company in Seattle was to begin broadcasting and he discovered a way to bring the signal 100 miles south. In May 1968, Parsons was acknowledged as the father of community antenna television. This picture shows Benjamin J. Conroy, Jr., Ed Parsons (center) and Robert C. Dudley taken at a Cable TV Pioneer dinner |
Date original | 1988 |
Decade | 1980s
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Photographer | Burt Harris |
Subjects | Cable television--History--Photographs Cable television--Oregon--Astoria Cable Television Pioneers
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People | Parsons, Leroy 'Ed', 1907-1989 Conroy, Benjamin J., Jr., 1923-2016 Dudley, Robert C.
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Collection | General Photograph Collection
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Identifier | GE01633 |
Format | image/jpeg |
Date digital | 2014 |
Physical description | 4 x 6 inch color photograph |
Holding institution | Barco Library, The Cable Center |
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