How early in TV history is this 1929 book I found -- and bought from a local antiques place?
Early!
Three years later, in July of 1928, the first American TV station — W3XK — began broadcasting from just up the road in Wheaton, Maryland.
Early!
In March of 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird first demonstrated televised pictures in motion at Selfridge’s department store in London. Since human faces did not have enough contrast to show up clearly on Baird’s primitive system, he broadcast a ventriloquist's dummy named "Stooky Bill", whose black and white painted face showed the “talking” and movement.
Three years later, in July of 1928, the first American TV station — W3XK — began broadcasting from just up the road in Wheaton, Maryland.
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