COLLECTION NAME:
Broadway United Methodist Church James Curtis Estate Collection
Record
Filename:
MCPL_CM_1519.jpg
Identifier:
MCPL_CM_1519
Title:
Fairhurst, Invention Demonstrated
Creator:
Curtis and Mays Studio
Subject:
Stubblefield, Nathan B. (1860-1928)
Description:
Photograph reads, "Nathan B. Stubblefield (third from left) is shown during the first public demonstration of a ship-to-shore radio broadcast on the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. on March 20, 1902. Stubblefield, who lived in Murray, first demonstrated his "wireless telephone" or radio to friends in his hometown as early as 1892. He obtained a patent for his invention on May 12, 1908. However, he died as a destitute on March 28, 1928, near Murray, and Gugliel Marconi, an Italian physicist, generally received credit as the inventor of the radio." Photograph is a copy from an unknown publication.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Contributor:
Broadway United Methodist Church
Type:
Still Image
Format:
image/JPEG
Language:
English
Coverage:
Paducah (KY)
Rights:
Permission for reuse of this image must be obtained through the McCracken County Public Library Local and Family History Department.
