A Physicist, Telephotography, and the Advent of Television

As Alexander Graham Bell’s company continues to grow, its research and development division continues to draw scientists from around the country to innovate and invent. One young optical physicist has an idea that will transform the way the world communicates. A high-profile American is selected to demonstrate history altering technology.Recommended reading: The Columbia History of American Television by Gary R. EdgertonCited sources:Phone patent - https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-telephone-invention Phone patent - https://www.marquette.edu/news-center/2020/marquette-professor-settles-144-year-controversy-on-invention-of-the-telephone.phpPhone patent image - https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/patent-analysis-alexander-graham-bells-telephone Patent SCOTUS - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/128/315/Centennial Exhibition - https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/history-making-event-west-philadelphiaHerbert Ives - https://www.bairdtelevision.com/Ives.htmlHerbert Ives - http://waywiser.rc.fas.harvard.edu/people/9098/herbert-eugene-ives;jsessionid=77D7B248F7CA3DB32C275AA48BCF3219Ives bio - https://www.optica.org/history/biographies/bios/herbert-e--ives/ Bell Labs - https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-022-00426-6Bell Labs - http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/bell.pdf TV History - https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~pjs54/Teaching/AutomaticLifestyle-S02/Projects/Vlku/history.htmlTV demo - https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/today-in-media-history-in-1927-newspapers-introduced-television/TV demo - https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/22/hoover-made-speech-on-television-in-1927.htmlTV demo - https://www.edn.com/hoover-joins-1st-american-demo-of-long-distance-tv-april-7-1927/TV demo - https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3986 Hoover as comm sec - https://library.doc.gov/digital-exhibits/hoover-digital-exhibit/aviationAir Commerce Act - https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/about/history/people/First_AGC1.pdfATT History - https://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/corgs/att.htmlHalftone - https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/show/pre-separated-art/press-halftoneIves Airplane Photography book - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/53508/53508-h/53508-h.htmWestern Electric history - https://www.westernelectric.com/company-historyTelephotography example - https://www.amazon.com/HistoricalFindings-Photo-Herbert-telephotograph-Explain/dp/B0844RWFZ3