A Vivex colour photograph entitled 'The Late Hon. Marchese Marconi', taken by Dr Douglas A Spencer in 1934.
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was a pioneer of wireless telegraphy. He conducted his first experiments in Bologna in 1895, and in 1898 transmitted a radio signal across the English Channel. In 1901 he successfully transmitted a series of signals across the Atlantic, from Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada, proving for the first time that long-distance radio communication was a practical possibility.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6071/31
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph and vivex colour print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
