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Experimental television receiver used by JL Baird in demonstration, made 1925-1926

1925-1926

Baird Model B 'Noah's Ark' Televisor, 1928

1928

Baird 'Tin box' Televisor

1930-1940

Baird experimental television image

1925-1940

Telechrome tube

1944

Transmitting portion of original television experimental apparatus, created and used by John Logie Baird, with a dummy head of "Stookie / Stooky Bill". 1925-1926.

John Logie Baird's original experimental television apparatus, 1925-1926

1925-1926

Baird televisor

circa 1925

Photograph entitled 'Mr. John L. Baird carrying out early Television experiments'

1924-1938

A Pictorial Record of Television Development photograph album

1924-1938

Photograph entitled 'Baird with his very crude transmitter equipment'

1924-1938

12 inch television picture tube

1938-1939

Baird "Disc Model" television receiver, by John Logie Baird, United Kingdom, 1930

Baird Televisor

1930

Baird 'Mirror-lid' television receiver, 1936

Baird 'Mirror-lid' television, 1936

1936

Norman Stokes' homemade Televisor, 1931

1931

Reproduction of 1925 Experimental Television Apparatus

1967; (1925)

Photograph with caption 'William Taynton the first boy to be televised by Baird in 1925, holding various sized cathode ray tubes'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'William Taynton the first boy to be televised by Baird'

1924-1938

Pre-production model Baird "Televisor" (incomplete) c.1929, 30-line mechanical television receiver using a spinning Nipkow disc and a modulated neon lamp.

Baird Model C Televisor Television Receiver, 1929

1929

Baird 'Phonovision disc', 1927-1928. Early experimental system for recording television signals on to phonograph records.

Baird Phonovision disc, 1927-1928

1927-1928

Baird Phonovision (Televisor) disc RWT620-4, recording of a man's head in motion on a disc produced by the Columbia Gramophone Company Ltd, made by John Logie Baird 10 January 1928.

Baird Phonovision Disc

1927-1929

Four items of television transmission equipment associated with John Logie Baird, 1928-1938: 1. 30-line mirror drum from Bush Televisor, c1933 2. 14" mirror drum with twenty mirrors and motor, 1936 3. 10" mirror drum with twenty mirrors, 1938 4. Ventriloquist's dummy head, 1928.

Transmission equipment associated with John Logie Baird

1928-1938

A Bush 30-line Mirror Drum Television Receiver, from 1933, made in London, standard pattern.

Bush Radio television receiver, 1933

1933

Neon lamp from the Baird "Disc Model" television receiver, by John Logie Baird, United Kingdom, 1930

Neon lamp from the Baird Televisor

1930

21" experimental colour wheel by John Logie Baird

21" experimental colour wheel by John Logie Baird

1949-1950

Baird "Disc Model" television receiver with neon lamp, by John Logie Baird, United Kingdom, 1930

Baird Televisor with neon lamp, 1930

1930

Diagram with caption 'A pictorial representation of one of Mr. Baird's original television transmitters.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Diagram entitled 'A pictorial representation of one of Mr. Baird's original television transmitters'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'The printed script passing in front of the television transmitting apparatus for conversion into a television signal.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'The printed script passing in front of the television transmitting apparatus'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'A German Television receiver with mirror drum'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'A German Television receiver with mirror drum'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption '240 line Telecine transmitter as used originally at Crystal Palace 1934-35'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled '240 line Telecine transmitter'

1924-1938

Photograph of piece of equipment (bottom right of this page) with caption 'Baird television receiver made at the Plessey Co. 1931/2. Showing front back and interior also phonic wheel synchronising mechanism and motor drive'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Baird television receiver'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'Denis Van Mihaly original 30 line receiver using periscope observation (about 1930)'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Denis Van Mihaly original 30 line receiver'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'Early disc Television receiver used by Germans in 1931'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Early disc Television receiver'

1924-1938

Diagram with caption 'A pictorial representation of one of Mr. Baird's original television receivers.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Diagram entitled 'A pictorial representation of one of Mr. Baird's original television receivers'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'An interior view of a portable 30-line television receiver as used for the provincial experiments.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'An interior view of a portable 30-line television receiver'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'The first demonstration of television'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'The first demonstration of television'

1924-1938

Title page, 'A Pictorial record of Television Development', from a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

A Pictorial Record of Television Development title page

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'The spot-light transmitter used by Fernseh in Berlin'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'The spot-light transmitter used by Fernseh'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'An example of real modern home "entertainment" as illustrated by a Baird de luxe television receiver built before the war. It incorporated a 15" cathode ray tube, all-wave radio, automatic record-changing gramophone and a cocktail cabinet.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Baird de luxe television receiver'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'The photo-electric cells used for the multi-zone spotlight transmitter by Baird.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'The photo-electric cells used for the multi-zone spotlight transmitter'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'Baird telecine equipment as used in Alexandra Palace 1936'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Baird telecine equipment as used in Alexandra Palace'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'The first projection picture showing an 8 x 6 screen in the Tatler Cinema 1938'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'The first projection picture showing an 8 x 6 screen in the Tatler Cinema'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption '30 line mirror drum receiver 1935. Using a projection Neon Tube'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled '30 line mirror drum receiver'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption '30 line spot light transmission and control room used at Long Acre Studio in 1928/30'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled '30 line spot light transmission and control room'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'The large mirror drum, housed in the caravan at Epsom in 1932, with its stroboscopic sectors for accurate speed adjustment. This was part of the equipment used for a 3-zone televising of the Derby direct to the Metropole Cinema, London.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'The large mirror drum, housed in the caravan at Epsom'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'Baird television van for outside broadcasts'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Baird television van for outside broadcasts'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'A dummy's head being used as the subject for producing a phonovision record'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'A dummy's head being used as the subject for producing a phonovision record'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'Baird giving a demonstration of 30 line reception'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Baird giving a demonstration of 30 line reception'

1924-1938

Photograph of one face (photograph on left of this page), with caption 'Photographs of 30 - line image'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Photographs of 30 - line image'

1924-1938

Photograph of piece of equipment (top left of this page), with caption '2 ft. home receiver optical chassis'. From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled '2 ft. home receiver optical chassis'

1924-1938

Photograph with handwritten caption 'Baird with the original transmitter used for the first transmission of signals across the Atlantic in 1928.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'Baird with the original transmitter used for the first transmission of signals across the Atlantic'

1924-1938

Photograph with caption 'An external view of a portable 30-line television receiver as used for the first successful demonstration of television in the provinces in 1929.' From a collection of photographs illustrating the early experimental television work of John Logie Baird, 1924-1938.

Photograph entitled 'An external view of a portable 30-line television receiver'

1924-1938