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Filming of McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 1934
Description: Cameraman and sound operator from Paramount Sound News on top of a truck filming a demonstration of the McCormick-Deering O-12 radio-controlled tractor and...
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Radiophone

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Description: A woman takes down menus and recipes that she hears on her radiophone.
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Henry Vilas Zoo Award Presented to Boy

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Two men are presenting a radio to a boy, Phillip Harris, as an award for naming the Vilas Zoo lion cubs. The names were "Thor" and "Yama." Left to right in...
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Majestic Radio Sales Co. Booth

Date: 08 20 1930
Description: Four salesman are standing in the Majestic Radio Sales Co., located at 122 E. Washington Avenue, booth at the Dane County Fair.
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West High School Radio Club

Date: 10 31 1952
Description: Two members of the West High School radio club, Alan Frees and Bill Reeve, operating the club's "ham" station. Observing the young men are Henry Lugg, spo...
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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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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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Boy Scout Sending and Receiving Radio Messages

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Description: A boy scout sits at a table, wearing headphones, to send and receive radio messages. A kerosene lamp hangs behind him.
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Sending Radio Calls at Camp Wallkill

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Description: A boy sits at a wooden desk to send radio calls at Camp Wallkill. Radio equipment is arranged on the desk and surrounding tables, a radio call book can be...
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Visit to Clam Lake

Date: 12 15 1981
Description: Project ELF activist Jerry Holter (left) and John Lavine, head of the Lavine Newspaper Groups based in Chippewa Falls, outside the Clam Lake facilities of ...
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Touring Project ELF

Date: 12 15 1981
Description: Captain Charles Biele (right) and John A. Lavine (next to Biele), Wisconsin newspaper publisher, before Lavine toured the controversial U.S. Navy facility ...
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North Vietnamese Press Conference

Date: 08 22 1967
Description: Press conference held at the International Press Club in Hanoi to announce the destruction and loss of life in the American bombing of Hue Street in a resi...
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FLN Meeting

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members conducting a meeting in a tent. The men are sorting through papers and talking. There is a radio beside them.
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: A member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.
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"Treasures" Shot

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Description: Still life collection of a number of items from The Wisconsin Historical Society Museum collections, including a fur coat, a slot machine, a Tiffany lamp, ...
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Eydie V. Watts

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Description: Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou...
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Capital Battery and Supply Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Capital Battery and Supply Company, with two men in winged hats, one holding an automobile, the other a box radio, and the slogan, "Serving t...
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Group Camping Out for Tickets

Date: 1958
Description: Three men wrapped up in blankets waiting at a stadium box office for tickets to go on sale. The man in the middle is reading a book. The man on the right h...

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