Here is the apparatus that enabled Ensign Harry Sadenwater to hold a conversation with Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels from 150 miles out to sea near Washington, May 1919
Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
Creation Place:
North America, American
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, Fernando Barnuevo and Gloria Ybarra
Accession Number:
P2020.6.335
Provenance
Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
Commentary
Wireless Telephone Carries Message 150 Miles: This is one of the marvelous inventions of modern times. While in flight at sea 150 miles from Washington, Ensign Harry Sadenwater held a conversation with Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, who was sitting at his desk. All former records were from 40 to 50 miles. This wonderful apparatus is seen in the photograph.
Marks
Credited in plate with typeset credit and title on label affixed to verso.
Technique
Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.
Materials
Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.
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