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Old 01-24-2013, 01:25 PM
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Welcome to VideoKarma!

I see that you live in Richmond, IN, where the Wayne County Historical Museum is located. Do they still have any of Charles Francis Jenkins' early TVs there?

10 or 15 years ago, a receiver (without the picture display half) and some scanning wheels and tubes were on exhibit, along with some photographs. They claim to have his papers and notebooks, too, but did not seem interested in making them available to researchers. I gathered that the Museum is extremely under funded. The last time I was over there, they had nothing Jenkins related on display.

Jenkins was born in near by Dayton, Ohio, and spent his youth in Richmond, IN.

James.
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