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A Kite that made History (b/w photo)

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LLM7158862
Image title
A Kite that made History (b/w photo)
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English Photographer, (20th century) / English
Location
Private Collection
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
C20th AD
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A Kite that made History. This kite, flown at Signal Hill, Newfoundland, in December 1901, carried the aerial with which the first transatlantic wireless signals were received from Poldhu. Illustration for From Telegraphy to Television, The Story of Electrical Communications, by Chetwode Crawley (Frederick Warne, 1931).

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© Look and Learn / Bridgeman Images
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20th century / 1930s / kite / game / communication / history / progress / science / technology / Newfoundland / Canada / North America / America (continent) / black and white / photo
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Largest available format 3376 × 1761 px 1 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 3376 × 1761 px 286 × 149 mm 902 KB
Medium 1024 × 534 px 87 × 45 mm 592 KB

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