The Geneva Historical Society is now Historic Geneva. Same mission, new name.
Historic Geneva's second program of the 2021 Fall Lecture Series on innovation will be “Innovation in Communications,” by Robert Hobday of the Antique Wireless Association on Wednesday, November 10 at 7 p.m.
Communication technology is central to and defines modern society and our economy. We are a world society and a world economy because of readily-available, instantaneous communications. This was not always the case. American electronic communications began in 1844 when Samuel Morse and his partner Alfred Vail built the first commercial telegraph line from Baltimore to Washington. Scientists, tinkerers, inventors, and entrepreneurs like them had a passion to solve problems and made modern communication possible.
In this program, Robert Hobday of the Antique Wireless Association will discuss the major inventions that created the communication technologies we enjoy and count on today.
Bob Hobday is President and Chairman of the Board of the AWA. A 1965 graduate of Union College with a BA in Industrial Administration, he retired in 2017 from Rochester Gas and Electric.
The AWA is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the technologies used to communicate and entertain, from the first telegraph to today’s wireless text messaging. Their Antique Wireless Museum presents exhibits and artifact from 200 years of communication technology. The Museum is located on a five-acre, four-building campus on Routes 5 & 20 in Bloomfield NY.
This lecture will be presented in person at the Geneva History Museum and simulcast virtually through Zoom. Masks will be required for all in-person attendees. Advance registration is required for virtual participation. To register, participants should visit the program event page at historicgeneva.org. The necessary login information will be sent to registrants via email 24 hours prior to the program. For any problems with registration or to register by phone, call the Historic Geneva office at 315-789-5151. Registrations must be complete before 12:00 noon, November 10, the day of the program.
This program is supported in part by the Samuel B. Williams fund for programs in the Humanities and is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Geneva Historical Society office at 315-789-5151 or visit historicgeneva.org.
The Geneva History Museum is located in the Prouty-Chew House at 543 South Main Street, Geneva, NY. Parking is on the street or in the Trinity Episcopal Church lot across the street.
Historic Geneva, formerly the Geneva Historical Society, tells the stories of Geneva, New York at the Geneva History Museum, Rose Hill Mansion, and Johnston House, and online at historicgeneva.org.
Event
"Innovations in Communications"
A lecture by Robert Hobday
Date/Time
Wednesday,
November 10, 2021
7pm
Admission
Free. Donations appreciated.
Location
Geneva History Museum
543 South Main Street
Geneva, NY
and online
