Elma Farnsworth, who died Thursday at 97, was the wife and main assistant to Philo Farnsworth, the man generally credited with the invention of television. The invention came in 1927, when Elma, ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Philo T. Farnsworth is hiding in plain sight wherever you look. He is unseen yet impossible to miss. Unknowingly, the average American home affirms Farnsworth eight hours each day.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wren Bouwman and Doug Fiore will play Pem and Philo Farnsworth in ACTORS's upcoming production of "The Farnsworth Invention." For ...

Philo T. Farnsworth (middle), the first inventor to demonstrate an electric television, discusses the difficulties of securing patents with his company secretary, George Everson (right), and Richard C ...

WASHINGTON — NASA Television has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Elma Gardner "Pem" Farnsworth, who helped her husband, Philo T. Farnsworth, develop the television and was among the first people whose images were transmitted on TV, has died at age ...

I’m curious to finally see how Aaron Sorkin will handle the Birth of a Television saga on stage in his play “The Farnsworth Invention,” which is set to begin its previews at Broadway’s Music Box ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - “The Farnsworth Invention” is a fictionalized account about the true story of inventor of the television, Philo Farnsworth. A young self-taught genius from Idaho driven by a ...

Television was invented in a small East Idaho town. So claim the people of Rigby, who proudly hail their connection to inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, known as “the father of television.” A street, ...