Photograph of Magnavox Loudspeakers being used for the first time. Music and speeches were given before a crowd of 100,000 people at the Civic Center in San Francisco.
Note on back: "On Christmas Eve Dec 24th 1915 a loudspeaking system was used for the first time in the world, for the purpose of permitting a speaker to be heard by a huge crowd. This is a picture of a crowd estimated at 100,000 people gathered at the Civic Center in San Francisco, and they all heard distinctly what was spoken on the occasion. Music from phonograph records was also amplified and heard by all."
PF Location: 108F
Collection
Photographs
Acquisition
Accession
1984.30
Source or Donor
Henrie, Esther Sym & Wayne D.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Date made
Dec 24, 1915
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Magnavox Loudspeaker, San Francisco, San Francisco City Hall
