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Thomas McKeon (second from the right) worked for Long
Island Lighting, the local utility. However, he showed interest in
and aptitude for electronics, which became his hobby second only to
fishing. He built his own television set, measuring about 4 inches
square, in 1939, and picked up signals from the demonstrations of
television taking place at the New York World's Fair taking place at
Flushing Meadows, about five miles from his home in Douglaston, NY.
This photo shows Paul Roth (kneeling), Tom's good friend, before the
beginnings of a larger TV. The large woofers are visible in the
lower panel.
After Thomas died, Paul Roth and his wife relocated to Florida.
While there, Paul handled Florence McKeon's accounting and tax matters
until she relocated to Somers New York in the late 1980s. |
