Burger Chef was founded by Frank and Donald Thomas of
Indianapolis, Indiana in 1954 and expanded to 12,00 stores before closing the last one in 1996.
Frank P. Thomas
Donald J. Thomas
Burger Chef advertisement (1966).
Archive for January, 2024
26
Jan
REMEMBER THIS FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT?
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26
Jan
DEMONSTRATION OF ‘’TELEVISOR’’ IN 1926
On January 26, 1926, John Logie Baird (1888 – 1946) a Scottish
inventor, gave the first public demonstration of a true television
system in London (above), which launched a revolution in the
communication and entertainment fields.
Baird’s invention, a pictorial-transmission machine he called
a “televisor,” used mechanical rotating disks to scan moving
images into electronic impulses. This information was then
transmitted by cable to a screen where it showed up as a low-
resolution pattern of light and dark.
Baird’s first television program showed the heads of two
ventriloquist dummies, which he operated in front of the
camera apparatus out of view of the audience (below).
The original television model, invented by the Scottish
television pioneer John Logie Baird.
This image is the first recorded picture taken from a TV
screen.
25
Jan
A TELEVISION FIRST ON THIS DAY IN 1949
First Emmy Awards Marker outside the Hollywood Athletic
Club.
The first Emmy Awards ceremony, which was televised, was held
on January 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club (below). The a
wards recognize excellence in television, which in the 1940s was
a novel medium and only 4,000 homes in Los Angeles had televisions.
The awards were hosted by Walter O’Keefe who substituted for
Rudy Vallée when he had to leave town at the last minute.
Most Outstanding Television Personality: Twenty-year-old Shirley Dinsdale and her puppet sidekick “Judy Splinters” (below) for
‘The Judy Splinters Show.’
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