Re: History

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net> 

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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