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Mother and Children Wrapping Christmas Bread

Date: 12 05 1956
Description: Joan Meyer, 701 Baltzell Street, wrapping loaves of Christmas bread. Watching are children Donnie Meyer, 5, and Mary Jane Meyer, 4.
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Man Deplaning Airplane following Rose Bowl Trip

Date: 01 02 1953
Description: Football coach Ivy Williamson (?) is interviewed by a man with a radio transmitter on the steps of the airplane upon his return from the Rose Bowl game.
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Truax Field Communication Station

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Three men working at the Civil Aeronautics Administration interstate communication station at Truax Field. From left to right are: Guy J. Blakely checking...
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WHA-FM Tower

Date: 02 08 1947
Description: WHA-FM tower being built on top of Radio Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Radio Station WHA Staff

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Dr. William H. Lighty, one of the guiding forces behind Radio Station WHA in its infancy, is shown at the lower left, duplicating the position he was in ba...
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Radio Station WHA Broadcasting Equipment

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Dr. William H. Lighty, who was around WHA when they were blowing their glass radio tubes, glances over one of the two cabinets which contain the new FM bro...
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Woman Broadcasting Music at Veterans Administration Hospital

Date: 10 15 1947
Description: Woman seated at radio broadcasting console playing music for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital on the grounds of Mendota State Hospital.
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Interior view of the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 E. Gilman Street, showing a marble fireplace in one of the rooms, furnished with contemporary furn...
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Window Display Featuring FM Radio Broadcasting

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Corner window display featuring Zenith Radios and station WIBA advertising the new FM broadcasting service.
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Window Display Featuring FM Radio Broadcasting

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Window display featuring RCA Victor radios and station WIBA advertising the new FM broadcasting service.
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WIBA-FM Tower And Transmitting Station

Date: 07 19 1948
Description: Norman Hahn, chief engineer for WIBA and WIBA-FM, is shown at one section of the 10,000 watt transmitter.
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Ham Radio Operator

Date: 08 19 1948
Description: Ross Hansch, 1608 Hoyt Street, Ham Radio Operator (W9RBI), Wisconsin's first member of the DX Century Club. The club is limited to amateur radio operators ...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Three men standing at the microphone during a WIBA Radio broadcast from the Madison Home Show.
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League of Women Voters Statewide Radio Program

Date: 09 10 1951
Description: Frances Hurst (left) and Marcella Gill (right) listen to voice recordings at the WIBA radio broadcasting studio. Hurst was chairman of the WHA radio progra...
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Jack Wick listening to a radio at his home after recovering from tuberculosis.
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Wisconsin State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 21 1952
Description: Wisconsin State High School basketball tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. Roger Forster, announcer from radio station WIBA, int...
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Dane County Medical Society Committee Members

Date: 03 27 1952
Description: Four members of a Dane County Medical Society Committee are sitting and standing around tape recording machinery. They had edited a sound tape recording of...
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Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: A view of uniformed men gathering around an Army field wireless station at Camp Bowie, built in 1917.
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Aerial View of Madison

Date: 04 17 1952
Description: Aerial view of Madison taken from near the site of the WIBA radio tower, looking east toward the isthmus. Other images in this set look to the northwest, s...
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"Your Pastor Speaks" Radio Program

Date: 04 30 1952
Description: Four pastors are shown seated around a table with a radio microphone in the studio of WIBA-FM and WIBA-AM. They are planning a program that will be on the ...

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