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D71347-2
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- 1952-12-12 (Creation)
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Reno Odlin (R), president of the Puget Sound National Bank, and Don Franklin (L), district manager of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, are pictured in this December, 1952, photograph standing before a topographical map of the United States with a sign indicating it represents a Radio Relay demonstration. Odlin holds a receiver to his ear as he points to the map. The Bell company moved their microwave display into the bank's lobby to demonstrate their new method, called Radio Relay, of sending hundreds of telephone conversations and TV programs over long distance. Interested spectators could try the radio relay themselves, simply by picking up a receiver and pressing a button. (TNT 12-16-52, p. 4)
Communication devices; Telecommunication lines--Washington; Radiophones; Maps; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Franklin, Don;