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Uncle Sam seeking way to improve theaters for talkies. How to improve theaters for talking motion pictures is a problem now being tackled by the Bureau of Standards. V.L. Chrisler of the Sound Section, who looks like he is imprisoned in stocks, is really studying the "echo effect" in this room and his body and the observing instruments are enclosed so as not to interfere with the tests. It has been found that cushioned seats in talking picture theaters aid in the absorption of the "echo effect"

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Uncle Sam seeking way to improve theaters for talkies. How to improve theaters for talking motion pictures is a problem now being tackled by the Bureau of Standards. V.L. Chrisler of the Sound Section, who looks like he is imprisoned in stocks, is really studying the "echo effect" in this room and his body and the observing instruments are enclosed so as not to interfere with the tests. It has been found that cushioned seats in talking picture theaters aid in the absorption of the "echo effect"

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A black and white photo of a man in a room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch seven.

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)

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01/01/1930
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united states
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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