Times Past

Fifty years hence this generation may be known as the age of pictures

Fifty years hence this generation may be known as the age of pictures. There seems to be no limit to the popularity of pictures of every kind - still or moving, silent or talking. At the Savoy Hotel, London, on Tuesday, yet another triumph of science was recorded. A small, portable wireless set and an apparatus which had the appearance of a gramophone received pictures from Daventry. A cylinder revolved, and a needle began to dot out a portrait of the King in sepia, and afterwards a cartoon by Mr. Raven Hill, which the artist himself declared to be an excellent reproduction of the original. "Fultograph" sets probably will be on sale to the general public within a short time. This invention will enable citizens not only to "listen in," but to "look in," if the phrase is permissible. Pictures will be a regular feature of the programmes from Daventry and from some of the chief stations on the Continent.

The Irish Times, November 2nd, 1928.