KBNM Broadcasting
Collection
Albuquerque Public Schools
Dateca. 1960
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 5 1/16 in. (11.5 × 12.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Schools
Object numberPA1997.046.405
DescriptionA teacher stands beside a reel-to-reel audio recorder and speaks with two students during a journalism class at a public school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The students are seated at a wooden table and are looking up at the teacher. The recorder is on teh table and a microphone is in front of the girls with "KBNM" on the base of the microphone. The teacher is holding a stack of papers in his hand and the girls have papers on the table in front of them.On View
Not on viewReading, Writing, and Reporting: A Snapshot of Journalism
on view July 15, 2023 - March 24, 2024
Before digital audio and even cassette tapes were the norm, large reel-to-reel tape recorders like this one were common in the production of broadcat journalism, radio, and even computing.
The red marks on this photograph were made with grease pencils, probably by the photographer or an editor of the publication. The pencil marks are a clear sign that this photograph is not the original negative.
