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La Follette Family Listens to the Returns

Date: 11 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with Isabel Bacon La Follette (Mrs. Philip La Follette), Mrs. John J. Blaine, Philip Fox La Follette, Governor John J. Blaine, ...
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Naval Students Operate a Radio

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Description: Naval students operate a radio while an officer looks on at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Student Operating Telegraph

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Description: One Naval student operates a telegraph while another student observes, listening with earphones, at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). A typewriter is...
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9XM-WHA Radio Historic Marker

Date: 11 24 1958
Description: The family of Professor Earle M. Terry and C.M. Jansky, Jr. honor Professor Terry with the C.M. Jansky award at the dedication of the historical marker doc...
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Madison Youth String Quartet

Date: 03 1941
Description: Four girls sitting and playing in a Madison youth string quartet. In the background is a lamp and radio. Names, left to right: Jane Parking, Janet Hart, Na...
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Original Transmitting Equipment

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Description: The original transmitting equipment for WHA, the oldest radio station in the nation. The telephone pictured served as a microphone. The station was in the ...
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Early Vacuum Tube

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Description: A vacuum tube built by Cyril Moreau Jansky for WHA radio station at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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Early Radio Transmitter and Vacuum Tube

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Description: A radio transmitter tuner and vacuum tube. The tube was built by Cyril Moreau Jansky and the transmitter was most likely built by him as well.

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