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Telephone-Transmitter.

Patent for a telephone-transmitter "with a diaphragm and carbon button carried thereby, of a spring-supported flaring conical carbon-cell provided with a flange covered with soft material and resting on the carbon button carried by the diaphragm, the carbon-cell being filled with granulated carbon resting in contact with the carbon button" (lines 13-19). This is meant to optimize the volume of sound being transmitted.

Date: October 20, 1896

Creator: Alexander, Horace C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Phonographic Reproducers.

Patent for a device that reduces the crackling sound of records playing on a phonograph.

Date: March 20, 1917

Creator: Gollmer, Edmund

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Man and a girl on stage together]

Photograph of a young girl and a man standing on stage with some microphones; the young girl is smiling at the camera. Behind them on stage is a young man sitting in a chair in front of the curtains.

Date: [1939..1989]

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man holding up a crumpled up flag]

Photograph of a man standing behind a microphone stand with his mouth agape, holding up a crumpled flag. The flag has stripes and Union Jack like the Hawaiian flag but in the center of the Jack is a seven pointed star. Hanging from the side of the flag are some ties.

Date: [1939..1989]

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man holding up an American flag, 1]

Photograph of a man standing behind a microphone stand, holding up a flag of the United States with 48 stars. Behind him are people sitting in chairs clapping and cheering.

Date: [1939..1989]

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men sitting around tables together]

Photograph of several men, some in suits and others in more casual clothing, sitting in chairs set around a few large tables; other men are also standing next to the tables. The room they are in is large and mostly empty sans for the tables and in the back is a raised stage with a piano, some more tables, and a microphone.

Date: [1939..1989]

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two men reading from a script together]

Photograph of two men sitting at a table with a microphone between them and reading from a script. Behind them is another man listening.

Date: [1939..1989]

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two men sitting at a table with a microphone]

Photograph of two men sitting at a table opposite of each other; in between the two of them is a microphone and on the table are several sheets of paper. In the background is another man sitting in a chair.

Date: [1939..1989]

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Lois Neel and Biplane]

Photograph of Lois Neel holding a microphone and standing in front of the propeller of a biplane.

Date: November 1939

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Man at a desk, in front of a sign]

Photograph of a man sitting at a desk. In front of him is a sign. The sign reads 5 stores, Kemble Brothers Furniture. A microphone can be seen to his left. Station equipment can be seen on both the left-hand and right-hand side of the photo.

Date: [1940..1955]

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man with a microphone]

Photograph of a man in front of a microphone. The man is wearing a suit and tie. The background indicates that the man could be on a set.

Date: [1940..1955]

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man with a microphone, 2]

Photograph of a man in front of a microphone. In this photograph, the image itself is a cropped close-up. The man is wearing a suit and tie. The background indicates that the man could be on a set.

Date: [1940..1955]

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man with cowbell]

Photograph of a man in front of a microphone holding a cowbell. The man is wearing a suit and tie and has a cigarette in his mouth. In the background, another man and a microphone can be seen.

Date: [1940..1955]

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pete Talmage at a desk]

Photograph of Pete Talmage at a desk. In his hand, he holds some papers and to his left is a microphone. Behind him is a sign that reads Conoco.

Date: [1940..1955]

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Girdler talking into a microphone]

Photograph of Mr. Girdler (with mic) and Mr. Halifax talking to Mr. Newman who is in the air on the initial flight of a B-24 in April 17, 1942.

Date: April 17, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Woman speaking over the public address system]

Woman wearing a striped dress speaks over the public address system in June 1942. A telephone and a microphone are on her desk.

Date: June 5, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran Standing in Front of a Microphone]

Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran standing in front of a microphone with her hands behind her back. A label taped to the bottom edge of the photograph reads, "Miss Cochran speaking at graduation of 43-W2. The back of the photograph includes a list of names and the stamp of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Ingrid Bergman]

Photograph of Ingrid Bergman standing on stage behind a microphone, with a speaker in the foreground. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Ingrid Bergman."

Date: [1944..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Ingrid Bergman Speaking]

Photograph of Ingrid Bergman standing on a stage behind a microphone, with a speaker in the foreground. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Ingrid Bergman recites a story."

Date: [1944..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Man giving a speech under a gazebo]

Photograph of a man in a three piece suit, giving a speech. The man is standing underneath a long gazebo and people are sitting in chairs behind him.

Date: July 7, 1944

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands at Microphone, #1]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing at a microphone. The photo is taken from the waist up and from the side, Admiral Nimitz arms are out of views behind his back. Admiral Nimitz is wearing a long sleeved, light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to his collar and a brimmed hat with Navy's emblem on the front. Directly in front of Admiral Nimitz is a silver and black standing microphone.

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Navy

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands at Microphone, #2]

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Navy

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

KORC 1140 On Your Dial

A picture of a KORC-KBS Microphone--"1140 on your dial" is shown here. Mineral Wells' radio history dates back to the 1930's when Mr. Hal Collins, owner of the Crazy Hotel, began sponsoring broadcasts originating in the hotel lobby. The radio station was founded and owned by Mr. Achilles Corcanges, and aired its first broadcast on December 5, 1946. Radio station KMWT-FM began broadcasting from Mineral Wells in 1970. The broadcasts were aired nationwide, at noon daily, over the Te… more

Date: 1946

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Band on Piano

Negative of a group of men in Western dress sitting on and around a piano. They are Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band, and the photo was taken in 1947 at radio station KECK in Odessa, Texas.

Date: 1947

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame