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THE PIONEER OF TELEVISION AND RADIO. JENKINS, CHARLES FRANCIS & JENKINS, GRACE LOVE. Archive of material relating to C. Francis Jenkins, compiled by his wife, Grace Love Jenkins.
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THE PIONEER OF TELEVISION AND RADIO.
JENKINS, CHARLES FRANCIS & JENKINS, GRACE LOVE. Archive of material relating to C. Francis Jenkins, compiled by his wife, Grace Love Jenkins. 6 folio scrapbooks, comprising personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, advertisements, and photographs, c. 1900-1935.
Large archive of material apparently collected by Grace Jenkins, wife of the inventor and television pioneer C. Francis Jenkins. The six folio volumes contain a fascinating array of promotional and sales literature of the Jenkins laboratories as well as newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs depicting Jenkins' inventions. Some amount of material also relates to the Jenkins' personal life, particularly the large amount of correspondence addressed to Mrs. Jenkins (and some to Francis). Jenkins was "an American original for whom inventing was a natural talent, a visionary working on the leading edge of technical discovery in film and television. He was the only inventor present at the inception of both large-screen motion-picture projection and television. A generation later, he was the only American actively working on television. He was primarily a film a television pioneer, but he also held multiple patents for a variety of creations..." (Godfrey, C. Francis Jenkins, Pioneer of Film and Television, p ix). Jenkins spearheaded American efforts to transmit moving pictures, alongside later contributors such as John Logie Baird and Philo Taylor Farnsworth. In competition with Baird, Jenkins was the leading television vendor until the late 1920s, when his company was virtually wiped out in the stock market crash of 1929. The photographs here are of particular interest, depicting the Jenkins television camera in use in cinematography; family portraits; a 'Machine built for Metropolitan Museum of Natural History for continuous exhibition of motion picture film;" early prototypes of changeable lighted signs; 18 photographs of early vehicles ("Steam Horseless Carriages," "the first 'gas buggy'," the "first delivery automobile in Washington," a miniature "electric automobile" built for a Cuban midget named Chaquitta; the "first sight-seeing bus;" the "first lawn mower and roller;" a Jenkins-designed steam-powered truck; and so on.
The primary repository for Jenkins papers appears to be the Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, Indiana. The Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of History, the National Archives, and the Franklin Institute are also major holders of Jenkins material.
Large archive of material apparently collected by Grace Jenkins, wife of the inventor and television pioneer C. Francis Jenkins. The six folio volumes contain a fascinating array of promotional and sales literature of the Jenkins laboratories as well as newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs depicting Jenkins' inventions. Some amount of material also relates to the Jenkins' personal life, particularly the large amount of correspondence addressed to Mrs. Jenkins (and some to Francis). Jenkins was "an American original for whom inventing was a natural talent, a visionary working on the leading edge of technical discovery in film and television. He was the only inventor present at the inception of both large-screen motion-picture projection and television. A generation later, he was the only American actively working on television. He was primarily a film a television pioneer, but he also held multiple patents for a variety of creations..." (Godfrey, C. Francis Jenkins, Pioneer of Film and Television, p ix). Jenkins spearheaded American efforts to transmit moving pictures, alongside later contributors such as John Logie Baird and Philo Taylor Farnsworth. In competition with Baird, Jenkins was the leading television vendor until the late 1920s, when his company was virtually wiped out in the stock market crash of 1929. The photographs here are of particular interest, depicting the Jenkins television camera in use in cinematography; family portraits; a 'Machine built for Metropolitan Museum of Natural History for continuous exhibition of motion picture film;" early prototypes of changeable lighted signs; 18 photographs of early vehicles ("Steam Horseless Carriages," "the first 'gas buggy'," the "first delivery automobile in Washington," a miniature "electric automobile" built for a Cuban midget named Chaquitta; the "first sight-seeing bus;" the "first lawn mower and roller;" a Jenkins-designed steam-powered truck; and so on.
The primary repository for Jenkins papers appears to be the Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, Indiana. The Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of History, the National Archives, and the Franklin Institute are also major holders of Jenkins material.