Photo Record
Images
![Untitled [Dollaradio Transmitting Tower], c. late 1920s-1941](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_136/063/thumbs/2024063004.jpg)
Metadata
Title |
Untitled [Dollaradio Transmitting Tower] |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description |
Untitled [Dollaradio Transmitting Tower], c. late 1920s-1941. Black and white photograph shows a Dollaradio transmitting tower viewed from below looking up toward the top. The four-sided structure is constructed with crisscrossing metal grids that narrow as they move upward. A large dollar sign, seen from behind, is attached to the tower near the top. |
Date |
c. late 1920s-1941 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Processing Method |
Unknown |
Catalog Number |
2024.063.004 |
Dimension Details |
16 x 20 x 1.75 (Photograph with mount) |
Collection |
Archival - Photographs |
Place |
Pacifica, CA |
Provenance |
Donor received photographs from a man who lived in San Francisco who had worked at the Dollaradio station. |
Notes |
Images in accession 2024.063 are shown in a 2008 episode of the weekly program Footprints of Pacifica featuring Dalloradio. At 00:11:48 to 00:12:00 Joan Levin states, "A gentleman who lived in San Francisco and worked in the city had the photographs that you see today. He had actually worked at the radio station." https://youtu.be/tvNbGNLg-Bo?si=jDxoUK_72iSrx5X5 [accessed 11/01/2024] See chronological history of Dollaradio Station at: https://www.dollaradiopacifica.com/history [accessed 11/01/2024] |
Search Terms |
Dollaradio Station Pacifica Radio Towers Shortwave radio |
Subjects |
Radio and television towers Shortwave radio stations |
Copyright |
Copyright Not Evaluated |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Joan Levin |