Re: History

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

WOW!!

Great info!!  I always thought that picture was real even though it did 
look "fixed".  "Tesla" was never that thin.  But the lawsuit charade made 
one think ;-)

Thanks so much for setting the record straight!!

Cheers,

         Terry


At 12:45 PM 11/13/2004, you wrote:
>Tesla list wrote:
>>Original poster: "Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>>"All:  Here's a link to a photo that's been on my web for years but if
>>you
>>haven't viewed it yet, well, there's not much of an excuse.  Note
>>Tesla's
>>right ear and the 'dwarfish' nature of Dr. Steinmetz.  Strangely
>>weird.......
>>http://www.frankensteinslab-dot-com/images/teslaphoto.jpg
>>
>>Cheers,
>>John F. Cooper
>>Irvine, CA
>>www.Tesla-Coil-dot-com
>>www.FrankensteinsLab-dot-com"
>>     What's so weird?  Steinmetz was deformed (physically, not mentally) and
>>"Tesla's ear" appears to be just a trick of the shadows.  What's weird
>>to me is the look on the guys faces - not at all happy!  I've seen this
>>picture before along with speculation that it was a fake.  Anybody know
>>more?
>>Ed
>>
>>.
>
>Hi John and Ed,
>
>Unfortunately, the man between Einstein and Steinmetz was apparently NOT 
>Nikola Tesla after all, but an engineer from AT&T by the name of John 
>Carson. This is from noted Tesla historian Leland Anderson as related by 
>author Dr. Mark Seifer - see Seifer's comments below: 
>http://www.geocities-dot-com/teslinasite/oltcp.html
>
>"Tesla has been linked to Einstein because of a famous photo which was 
>taken on April 23, 1921 in New Brunswick, New Jersey in celebration of a 
>new RCA transatlantic broadcasting station that was being put in 
>operation. Present at the event were scientists and corporate heads from 
>RCA, GE and AT&T including Charles Steinmetz, Irving Langmuir, David 
>Sarnoff and Albert Einstein. Standing in between Steinmetz and Einstein 
>was a man who resembled Nikola Tesla. I, myself, thought it was Tesla, and 
>wrote an article which included this assumption for the 1986 ITS 
>Symposium. Margaret Cheney and also R.G. Williams in their respective 
>biographies also did the same thing.
>
>After conferring with Leland Anderson and searching back to original 
>sources which included the an article in the New York Herald, and the 
>original caption for the photo, it has been determined that the man 
>standing between Einstein and Steinmetz was one John Carson, who was an 
>engineer for AT&T. This photo has also been doctored to air-brush out all 
>individuals except for Einstein and Steinmetz by the GE people who use it 
>to imply a special relationship between Steinmetz and Einstein."
>
>BTW you can see the "before and "after" portions of the GE doctored 
>picture here:
>http://www.radlab-dot-com/information/AC-DC.html
>
>Sorry, and best regards,
>
>-- Bert --
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