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This is a photo of a place or building that is listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in the United States. Its reference number is
836.

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Camera location37° 26′ 29.48″ N, 122° 09′ 27.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Located at the eastern corner of Channing St. and Emerson Ave. in Palo Alto, California.

The landmark text, raised letters upon bronze embedded upon a frustum reads:

(Bear of California)
ELECTRONICS
RESEARCH LABORATORY
ORIGINAL SITE OF THE LABORATORY AND FACTORY OF FED-
ERAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
, FOUNDED IN 1909 BY CYRIL F.
ELWELL
. HERE, WITH TWO ASSISTANTS, DR. LEE DE FOREST, IN-
VENTOR OF THE THREE-ELEMENT RADIO VACUUM TUBE,
DEVISED IN 1911-13 THE FIRST VACUUM TUBE AMPLIFIER
AND OSCILLATOR. WORLD-WIDE DEVELOPMENTS BAS-
ED ON THIS RESEARCH LED TO MODERN RADIO COM-
MUNICATION, TELEVISION AND THE ELECTRONICS AGE.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED
HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 836
PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF
PALO ALTO AND THE PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
MAY 2, 1970

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