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Russell Jones, ABC News

Date: 1964
Description: Foreign correspondent, Russell Jones, on assignement. Jones worked for ABC News, and is being filmed for an evening news segment on political events in Bud...
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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.
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Youth Council Radio Committee Co-Chairs

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: George "Skip" Stebbins and Anne Holden , co-chair of the Young Council radio committee, presents a program for the Council which broadcasts each Saturday n...
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IH Information Booth at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A man and a woman sit behind the International Harvester information booth at the Iowa State Fair. An International Harvester clock hangs on the booth's wa...
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A.J. Taft, Maple Bluff Police Marshal

Date: 12 13 1948
Description: The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma...
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Illustration of Film, Light and Shutter Speed

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Description: Illustration showing the relationship of film speed, shutter speed, and aperture in photography.
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Color Spectrum of Panchromatic and Ortho Film

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Description: Sid's illustration showing the range of infrared and ultraviolet radiation and the color sensitivity of Panchromatic and Ortho films compared to human visi...
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Illustration on Photography and Light Control

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Description: Sid's illustration showing the relationship between film, a camera lens and the light controls for aperture and shutter speed in photography.
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Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They...
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Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Harold Evans launching a weather balloon from the pilot balloon shelter on top of the Truax Field control tower.
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Master Television Engineer Award

Date: 07 13 1954
Description: Presentation of the Master Television Engineer award to Cloren Smith, Chief Engineer at WKOW-TV in Madison. Smith is seen holding a mounted cup on a studio...
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Madison Radio Disc Jockeys

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: Lee Wesner of WISC watches the clock, while using one hand on a switch while the other hand is pausing a vinyl record on a spinning turntable.
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Madison Radio Disc Jockeys

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: Jon Luck is shown wearing headphones, is surrounded by turntables, a microphone, and notes and scripts for commercials, while broadcasting "The Madison Hou...
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Madison Radio Disc Jockeys

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: Jim Walters of WMFM holding a Wisconsin State Journal newspaper as he is watching a vinyl record begin. He interlaces music and comments on the news...
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Trying Out New Kodak Film

Date: 09 19 1959
Description: Man and woman in an office, probably at the Wisconsin State Journal. Ed Stein was testing the new Kodak Tri-X film ASA 800 & 650, when taking their ...
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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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Inauguration Day for Governor Nelson and the First Lady

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: People lining up in the governor's conference room at the Wisconsin State Capitol to congratulate Governor and Mrs. Gaylord (Carrie) Nelson after his inaug...
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Inauguration Day and Supporters Greet Wisconsin's New First Family

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Sixteen-month old Dave Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Watts, riding on his father's shoulders to greet Governor-elect Gaylord Nelson and Mrs. (Carrie) Nels...
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We Saw You . . . at Madison Libraries

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: Dorothy Huston (1433 East Johnson Street), the reference division supervisor at the Madison Free Library's main branch at 201 West Mifflin Street, helps ma...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, backing out of a driveway after visiting a rural home in the county.

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