Elma G. "Pem"  Farnsworth

Pem (maybe)

In the Thirties

Pem

In 1926

Pem in society

Posed shot in the fifties for the society page in Fort Wayne, IN

Pem in Hat

In the thirties by a commercial photographer

Pem

In high spirits, always

Pem on Tv (I think)

Look close and see the woven mesh which makes up the supporting mesh of the photo-cathode

Pem

1926 looks like the lab wall behind her. Several images in the archive have this 35mm film sprocket holes, and given the date, I am out of explanations.

Pem on Tv

Possibly the earliest image on electronic television, there is one other possibility, and it is impossible to know at this point.