Marconi’s assistants preparing kite at Cabot Tower
![Four men set up a large kite on the ground. Behind them are a wooden fence and an old concrete building. In the distance are hilltops and the ocean.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/marconi/wp-content/uploads/sites/166/2023/07/b-1-92.jpg)
Photographer unknown. December 1901. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. “Marconi’s Assistants Preparing Kite at Cabot Tower.” James Vey Collection, Series, Item B 1-92. The Rooms, Provincial Archives Division.
Marconi’s assistants on Signal Hill assemble a kite to raise the antenna in an attempt to receive the first transatlantic radio signal.