TIL of Marion Stokes, a civil activist who purchased a Betamax VCR in 1975 and never looked back, recording thousands of hours of television over nearly four decades with multiple VCR decks, creating an archive of over 70,000 tapes. It is the largest known archive of television by an individual. by whatilearned April 21, 2022, 7:45 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL about Marion Stokes a Philadelphia woman who compulsively recorded and stored over 40,000 VHS tapes of news broadcasts between 1979 and 2012 by whatilearned February 24, 2022, 9:44 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL about Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia activist and archivist who recorded hundreds of thousands of hours of television news footage spanning 35 years, from 1977 until her death in 2012 at age 83. At around 71,000 hours, this is the world’s most comprehensive independent archive of modern TV news. by whatilearned November 26, 2021, 3:30 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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