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International Harvester Tent at Iowa State Fair
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International Harvester tent and exhibition at the Iowa State Fair. Includes workers filming Iowa's first television show and a high school brass band entertaining fair-goers.
1946
International Harvester Company
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W0149KQ
WHi 1948
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Radio Television Show at Iowa State Fair
1946
A large crowd gathers outside the International Harvester Headquarters tent to watch a broadcast of a radio television show. The signs on the outside of the tent read: "Iowa's First Television Show...
Television Camera at Iowa State Fair
1946
A television crew worker films "Iowa's First Television Show" while an audience looks on. The sign reads: "Iowa's First Television Show In Cooperation With Radio KRNT Studios, International Harvest...
Iowa's First Television Show at Iowa State Fair
1946
A crowd gathers to watch "Iowa's First Television Show" at the Iowa State Fair International Harvester headquarters. The sign hanging above the audience reads: "Presenting Iowa's First Television S...
Betty Wells at Iowa State Fair
1946
Actress Betty Wells sitting next to a man, possibly a KRNT radio personality, for a simultaneous radio and television broadcast from the Iowa State Fair.
Educated Monkeys Show at Iowa State Fair
1946
An audience gathers to watch the "Buttons Educated Monkeys" show, one of the attractions televised to the International Harvester tent at the Iowa State Fair.
Dairy Cattle Congress Tent
1946
A group of people enter the International Harvester tent at the Dairy Cattle Congress. The sign on the outside of the tent reads: "Presenting Your Family Party Show in Cooperation with Radio W.M.T....
