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Motorola Car Phone, 1946 (b/w photo)

Motorola Car Phone, 1946 (b/w photo)
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FLP483684
Image title
Motorola Car Phone, 1946 (b/w photo)
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Photographer
American Photographer, (20th century) / American
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1946 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

Paul V. Galvin, head of the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, makers of Motorola car and home radios, recently made the first commercial radiotelephone call in the Chicago area from his car to Toronto, Canada, and Eatontown, N.J. The compact 152-162 mgc. Frequency-Modulated 30-watt crystal-controlled mobile transmitter and companion crystal-controlled receiver Model FSTRU-30D along with a selective calling unit fit snugly into the trunk of Mr. Galvin's automobile.

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© Free Library of Philadelphia / Automobile Reference Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
1940s / 20th century / progress / boot / phone / 40s / technology / travel / auto / car phone / trunk / mobile / invention / telephone / vintage automobile / forties / trademark / communication / transport / motorola / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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