'Tomato Can' radio microphone presented to Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. The 'Tomato Can' radio microphone which was used to broadcast the Harding-Cox election returns on November 2, 1920, is one of a series of historic microphone presented recently to the Smithsonian Instituti
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- 1938
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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"'Tomato Can' radio microphone presented to Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. The 'Tomato Can' radio microphone which was used to broadcast the Harding-Cox election returns on November 2, 1920, is one of a series of historic microphone presented recently to the Smithsonian Instituti" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Tomato_Can%27_radio_microphone_presented_to_Smithsonian_Institution._Washington,_D.C.,_Oct._28._The_%27Tomato_Can%27_radio_microphone_which_was_used_to_broadcast_the_Harding-Cox_election_returns_LCCN2016874234.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 270131.
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