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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: There is a corner fireplace in the living room of the E.R. Welch house at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive. The fireplace forms a wall and conversation corner overl...
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Puss'n Boots Bronze Award

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Charles B. Seals, and his father Bellamy, have received a citation from the Puss'n Boots bronze award committee. The citation resulted from pictures of the...
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Empty Stocking Christmas Show on WISC-TV

Date: 12 08 1958
Description: Behind-the-scenes workers at WISC-TV make preliminary plans for the Empty Stocking Christmas show. Front row, left to right, Walter Harlu, technical direct...
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Better Broadcasts Association Meeting

Date: 04 03 1959
Description: The Wisconsin Association of the American Council for Better Broadcasts (ACBB) will hold its public spring conference at the Wisconsin Center building. A p...
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Junior Chamber Of Commerce Fashion Show

Date: 09 09 1959
Description: Mrs. Victor (Roberta) Comstock, 7 Oconto Court, production chairman of the Jaycette fashion show and Mrs. Edwin Duckwitz, 1544 Maywood Avenue, Middleton, w...
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Y-Teens Give Television to Central Colony

Date: 12 30 1959
Description: Dr. John Touissant , clinical director at Central Colony, accepts a television set from Y-Teens Alison Keith and Ruth Rauschenberger. The Senior Y-Teens of...
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Nixon Film Preview

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: 40 Madison area women preview a film of Vice-President and GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon. The film is to be shown on WISC-TV.
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Dosch Sisters Hold Reunion

Date: 07 13 1960
Description: Seven Dosch sisters, all whom were former teachers in Wisconsin, hold a reunion in Madison at 509 W. Dayton Street. Shown seated (L-R) are: Beulah Dosch E...
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"Parlons Francais" Conversation French Program

Date: 10 05 1961
Description: A conversation French class, "Parlons Francais," is shown on TV for 15 minutes twice a week to numerous Madison junior high school and grade school student...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Lutheran Welfare Society is one of 29 United Givers agencies. The society facilitates the adoption of children into families such as the one pictured, find...
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Telstar Passing Test at U.W.

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: With the Telstar model in the foreground and University of Wisconsin President Conrad Elvehjem looking on, Professor Arthur Code made a transatlantic telep...
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Gift to Central Wisconsin Colony

Date: 10 11 1963
Description: Members of the Madison City council of Epsilon Sigma Alpha presenting a television set to the Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. Left to right: ...
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William Kay Shrine Circus

Date: 02 13 1964
Description: Gary Rupp of Farmington, Michigan, an aide to the bear trainer for the William Kay Shrine Circus, relaxing after finishing chores for the opening of the ci...
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Device Controls Television at Hospital

Date: 10 23 1964
Description: View of Joe E. Miller with his head on a pillow trying out a new hand held "communication system unit, which allows him to change the channel on the telev...
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Lizard Cannon Sculpture

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Description: Sculpture of a cannon in the shape of an imaginary dragon on top of a television set in Sid's living room. Behind the sculpture is a bookcase full of books...
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Art in Sid's Living Room

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Description: View of a corner of Sid's living room. There is a painting by Sid of a pine tree in a mountainscape hanging on the wall. Below it is a bookshelf with sever...
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Stanley Sadler, Chief Engineer at WMTV

Date: 09 1955
Description: Stanley Sadler (b.1905-d.1969) posing with a camera. Sadler is chief engineer at the WMTV station in Madison.
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Jerry McNeely

Date: 05 28 1957
Description: Jerry McNeely in a WHA-TV studio. McNeely was a U.W. alumn who taught in the University of Wisconsin speech department.
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Professor M. Robert Irwin Class

Date: 11 06 1957
Description: Television broadcast of a University of Wisconsin class by Professor M. Robert Irwin. Cameramen are standing at recording equipment and at installed lighti...
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Mrs. Charles M. Overby enjoying a quiet afternoon as her two daughters Solveig (3 1/2) and Kim (1) take a nap in their U.W. Eagle Heights apartment. Mr. Ov...

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