Lee De Forest
Lee de Forest, (born August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.—died June 30, 1961, Hollywood, California), American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made possible live radio broadcasting and became the key component of all radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems before the invention of the transistor in 1947. Although de Forest was bitter over the financial exploitation of his inventions by others, he was widely honoured as the “father of radio” and the “grandfather of television.” He was supported strongly but unsuccessfully for the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs
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A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
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President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds
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Dick Henderson
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Casey at the Bat
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Weber and Fields Pool Hall
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Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River
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Sweet Adeline
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Dick Henderson
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Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'
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From Far Seville
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Ben Bernie and All the Lads
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My Old Kentucky Home
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