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Equipment file · Stadium public-address system

Press-box stadium PA

Commercial installers · 1929–1931

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

Harvard Stadium installed a press-box public-address system in 1929, improved it in 1930, and by 1931 the whole stadium could hear announcer Charlie Dale, who called Harvard home games for 61 years. Harvard Magazine documents the progression.

Introduced
1929–1931
Category
Stadium public-address system
Intended use
Press-box and crowd announcements at college football
Production
Installed at Harvard Stadium

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It shows stadium sound starting as press-box convenience and growing into full spectator PA, a pattern repeated across American stadiums.

  2. 02

    It predates purpose-built stadium PA equipment.

Engineering record

No technical figures are published here until a working source confirms them.

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

Harvard Stadium: press-box PA in 1929, full-stadium coverage by 1931[1]

Manuals & original documents

No authoritative manual or original document has been located for this profile.

Sources

  1. 1The Voices from On HighHarvard Magazine · reference · 2003-09-01

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