Image ID:  FHS2748
Image Date:  1919
Image Title:  [R. B. Adams demonstrates first voice radio to used by the USFS in Helena, Montana, 1919.]
Image Caption:  Caption 1: R. B. Adams with fire voice radio to be used by USFS, 1919.

Caption 2: Mr. Adams demonstrating the 'wireless' telephone at Montana State Fair, Helena. Sept. 1919.

Caption 3: [R. B. Adams demonstrating first wireless radio/telephone to be used by the US Forest Service at the Montana State Fair in Helena, 1919. Adams stands behind a table with framed pictures on the wall behind him, an American flag and Christmas tree are at left of image along with a sign reading: "Wireless Telephone. This set was the first to be used [in] the National Forest in the U.S. [and] has been in successfull [sic] operation [in] W. Mont. during this past summer [and] played an important part in the [entire] Organization." (One edge of sign not visible).]
Photographer:  Crass, F. C., for the U.S. Forest Service
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.