Du Mont, Allen Balcom, 1901-1965.
Allen Balcom Du Mont collection, 1884-1965.
Includes materials dealing with the products of the Du Mont firm; also a substantial block of information on the struggles over regulation of the television industry; much publicity and advertising copy related to Du Mont products; and a few personal items.
Du Mont was an electrical engineer and television pioneer who worked for the Westinghouse Lamp Company, 1924-1928, and the DeForest Radio Company, 1928-1931, before establishing his own firm, Du Mont Laboratories Inc., to manufacture cathode ray tubes. The company began the production and sales of television receivers in the United States in 1937. After World War II, Du Mont was unable to compete effectively with other manufacturers. The company was sold to Fairchild in 1960 and Du Mont became a technical adviser to the new owner.
Du Mont, Allen Balcom, 1901-1965.
Telecommunications systems -- United States.
Telecommunications systems -- Venzuela.
Telecommunication equipment industry -- United States -- History.
Television -- Manufactures -- United States.
Television -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Television -- Transmitters and transmission -- United States.
Electric apparatus and appliances -- Manufactures -- United States.
Financial records. aat
Photographs. aat
Du Mont Laboratories, Inc.
AIP-ICOS
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History. Archives Center. MRC 601, 12th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA