An old cigarette card (c. 1929) with a portrait of John Logie Baird FRSE (1888–1946) and an illustration of his tevevision. Baird was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator, demonstrating the world's first working television system in 1926. He also invented the first publicly demonstrated colour television system, and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube. In 1928 the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission.
An old cigarette card (c. 1929) with a portrait of John Logie Baird FRSE (1888–1946) and an illustration of his tevevision. Baird was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator, demonstrating the world's first working television system in 1926. He also invented the first publicly demonstrated colour television system, and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube. In 1928 the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history. This card is from a 1929 set entitled 'Scientific Inventions and Discoveries' (35 cards in the series). The firm of R and J Hill Cigarettes was established on Shoreditch High Street, Hackney, London in the 1700s. In the twentieth century the company issued cards with their Sunripe and Spinet Oval cigarettes. The firm expanded to include H Archer and Co and issued cards, like this set, under 'The Spinet House' brand. The company no longer exists.
Size: 1965px × 3307px
Location: UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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