Nellie Melba broadcasting from the Marconi works, Chelmsford, England, 15 June 1920 [picture] /

Title devised by cataloguer based on information from label on verso.; Condition: Foxing.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4548262. "Australian prima donna Dame Nellie Melba's broadcast from the Marconi works, Chelmscord, England, on 15 June 1920, was responsible for a tremendous upsurge of interest in broadcasting. Her singing was heard as far away as Persia. Note the makeshift microphone, constructed from a standard telephone microphone and the wood from a cigar box."--Information from typed label on verso