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Niles Trammell

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Description: Studio head and shoulders portrait of Niles Trammell.
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John Royal's Office Door

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Description: View outside John Royal's office door. There are milk bottles and newspapers piled at the door and on it hangs a sign that reads "Out As Usual".
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Chet Huntley with Equipment

Date: 1956
Description: Chet Huntley, manning a portable television unit, for coverage of 1956 political conventions.
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Sylvester "Pat" Weaver

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Description: Candid portrait of Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, father of Sigourney Weaver, wearing a pinstripe suit and horn-rimmed eyeglasses, in his office.
Print

Woman Peeling Potatoes in front of TV

Date: 1956
Description: "All To Myself" brochure for the NBC Matinee Theater with a woman sitting front of the television peeling potatoes with her shoes off. There is an outline ...
Print

The House That Home Built

Date: 1957
Description: Cover image of an NBC promotional folder for the show "House That Home Built".
Print

House That Home Built House

Date: 1957
Description: Illustration of a model home in the "House That Home Built" promotional folder.
Print

First Ultrafax Transmission

Date: 10 21 1948
Description: A man and a woman stand by an Ultrafax machine as the first-ever transmission is received.
Photograph

NBC Camera Man

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Description: A U.N. war correspondent is shown filming with a news camera next to an NBC Television Newsreel vehicle.
Photograph

United Nations Security Council Meeting

Date: 1946
Description: Filming by NBC of the United Nations security council meeting at Hunter College.
Photograph

Frank McCall

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Description: Candid portrait of Frank McCall with a lit cigarette in his hand. He was the manager of operations for the news and special events department at NBC.
Print

The Quick and The Dead Handbill

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Description: Handbill advertising The Quick and The Dead, described as "an exciting documentary series on the atomic bomb starring Bob Hope as Mr. Average Citizen." It ...
Manuscript

NBC Interdepartment Correspondence

Date: 12 07 1949
Description: A typed note to Syd Eiges from Sam Kaufman regarding TV mystery shows. In the note, Kaufman suggests turning the radio show "Dragnet" into a television sho...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

News Article About Censorship

Date: 09 20 1954
Description: A photocopied newspaper article by Faye Emerson titled "A Few More Lapses — Then Censorship." To the right of the article is a handwritten note to Sylveste...
Manuscript

Letter From Pat Weaver

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Description: A handwritten letter by Pat Weaver to Fred Wile addressing a television producer's responsibility to the audience regarding crime and violence.

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