- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Henry Ford at WSB
- Date of Original:
- 1922
- Subject:
- Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Industrialists--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio--Equipment and supplies
Radio stations--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio stations--Employees
Headphones--Georgia--Atlanta
Newspaper editors--Georgia--Atlanta
WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Industrialist Henry Ford (seated) visits the WSB studio in Atlanta, circa 1922. Ford was the guest of Major John Cohen (right), the editor of the Atlanta Journal who is credited with spearheading the effort to transmit the first commercial radio signal in the South.
Photograph of industrialist Henry Ford (seated) visiting the WSB studio in Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1922. Ford was the guest of Major John Cohen (right), the editor of the Atlanta Journal who is credited with spearheading the effort to transmit the first commercial radio signal in the South. Three unidentified men stand behind Cohen and Ford. Ford wears headphones. A sign reading "Quiet Zone - Atlanta Journal" hangs on the wall above the men. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/radio-broadcasting/m-7292/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Michael H. McDougald
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/radio-broadcasting
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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