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Auction: SW1012 - Bonds & Shares Certificates of the World
Lot: 377

Sanabria Television Corporation. Certificate for 20 Shares. 5. April 1932. Nr. 166. Ulises Sanabria (1906-1969) was one of the earliest pioneers in Television. In 1926, at the age of 19, he was the first inventor of a television (together with Baird and Jenkins) using interlaced scanning. Sponsored by the press magnate Hearst, he worked on the development of several projects in the field of television. He invented a unique triple interlace method that was especially effective in reducing flickering in the picture. In the years before WWII, Sanabria formed and was the principal shareholder and president of American Television. In 1950, Sanabria went into the production of television sets under his name and opened self-owned stores to sell his products throughout the United States. Probably the oldest TV share. Printed signature of Ulises Sanabria. VF.

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