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Robert Hooks on forming the Group Theatre Workshop

Robert Hooks on forming the Group Theatre Workshop

Robert Hooks on forming the Group Theatre Workshop

Robert Hooks on Douglas Turner Ward's New York Times article, “Theater in America: For Whites Only?” and how it led to the formation of the Negro Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on Douglas Turner Ward's New York Times article, “Theater in America: For Whites Only?” and how it led to the formation of the Negro Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on Douglas Turner Ward's New York Times article, “Theater in America: For Whites Only?” and how it led to the formation of the Negro Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on Douglas Turner Ward's New York Times article, “Theater in America: For Whites Only?” and how it led to the formation of the Negro Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on his real name

Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

Elma Farnsworth on Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and producer Joseph Schenck visiting Philo T. Farnsworth's lab to see television (where they surmised its threat to the movie industry) circa early-1930s

Elma Farnsworth on Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and producer Joseph Schenck visiting Philo T. Farnsworth's lab to see television (where they surmised its threat to the movie industry) circa early-1930s

Elma Farnsworth on Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and producer Joseph Schenck visiting Philo T. Farnsworth's lab to see television (where they surmised its threat to the movie industry) circa early-1930s

Elma Farnsworth on Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and producer Joseph Schenck visiting Philo T. Farnsworth's lab to see television (where they surmised its threat to the movie industry) circa early-1930s

Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television

Elma Farnsworth on famous visitors to Philo T. Farnsworth's lab, including Vladimir Zworykin

Elma Farnsworth on famous visitors to Philo T. Farnsworth's lab, including Vladimir Zworykin

Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television

Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television

Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

Elma Farnsworth on Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and producer Joseph Schenck visiting Philo T. Farnsworth's lab to see television (where they surmised its threat to the movie industry) circa early-1930s

Elma Farnsworth on some of the first televised images

Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television

Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

On the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his image dissector tube; on perfecting the tube

On some of the first televised images - film strips; on Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and producer Joseph Schenck visiting Philo T. Farnsworth's lab to see television

On the press conference announcing electronic television and Philo being pursued by RCA; on famous visitors to Philo T. Farnsworth's lab, including Vladimir Zworykin