Topic 1939-40 World's Fair Interviewees discuss the 1939-40 World's Fair and the television demonstration at the fair.
Show Meet the Press Meet The Press , America's longest-running television series premiered on NBC-TV 6 November 1947. This exceptionally successful program was the first to bring Washington politics into American living-rooms. Lawrence E. Spivak debuted the program in 1945 as a radio program to promote his magazine...
Blog Post Veterans Day: Reflection on Service In honor of Veterans Day, we present our Google Cultural Exhibit: Reflections on Service.
Interview Julia Child In her three-hour interview, Julia Child (1912-2004) discusses her early years in Pasadena, CA, and details her time with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, forerunner to the CIA) during World War II. She describes moving to France after the war and becoming interested in French cooking, which...
Interview Sam Christaldi In his three-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Sam Christaldi (1914-2008) speaks of his early life and influences and his education. He recounts going to work for the DuMont company as part of the team helping to engineer and develop technical standards for television sets and broadcasts. He...