Jun
07

Today in Smithsonian History: June 7, 1936

June 7, 1936 The first “The World Is Yours” radio program is aired over the National Broadcasting Company network. A joint project of the Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Education and Works Progress Administration, the half-hour programs air once a week on topics ranging from mammals and insects to geology and ethnology, art history and aeronautics. Scripts are prepared by Smithsonian staff and presentations are made by out-of-work actors and musicians. The program is suspended in May of 1942 because of the war effort.

From The Smithsonian Scientific Series, edited by Charles Greeley Abbot, 1949 edition, plate 108. Summary: Rehearsal of one of 'The World Is Yours' radio programs at the NBC studios in New York City. This series was a depression era project at the Smithsonian created in conjunction with the Works Progress Administration and the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Education, 1936-1942.

Rehearsal of one of ‘The World Is Yours’ radio programs at the NBC studios in New York City. This series was a depression era project at the Smithsonian created in conjunction with the Works Progress Administration and the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Education, 1936-1942. Photographer unknown, from The Smithsonian Scientific Series, edited by Charles Greeley Abbot, 1949 edition, plate 108.

 

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