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Mr C.J.Melrose at Mildenhall Aerodrome at the start of the Centenary Air Race, 1934; this is one of the first three photographs digitally transmitted by radio, in the world

Format: Silver gelatin photoprint

 

Notes: This photograph was the first experimental transmission received by the Beam Wireless Picturegram Service from England and published in Australian morning newspapers on 17th October 1934

 

From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au

 

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Taken in October 1934