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Hinman House Interior

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: Albert Hinman Residence, 1 Vista Road. Shows the living room with fireplace, bookcases, radio, desk and stairway.
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Steinhauer Garage Booth at Fall Festival

Date: 09 12 1928
Description: H.G. Steinhauer Garage booth at East Side Business Men's Association's (ESBMA) Fall Festival at Sugar Beet factory on Sugar Avenue, displaying Spartan radi...
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Progressive Party Returns

Date: 1934
Description: In 1934 the La Follette brothers, the sons of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., broke with the Republican Party and founded the Progressive Party of Wisc...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Antenna

Date: 04 13 1948
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company, 122 West Main Street, showing an antenna on top of the building for use with mobile telephone service.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Car

Date: 04 13 1948
Description: Ford "Woody" station wagon test car with antenna for mobile telephone, on West Washington Avenue in front of the Grace Episcopal Church. Also included in t...
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Candidate La Follette

Date: 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., independent third-party Presidential candidate, and his son Robert M. La Follette, Jr., listen to a radio address by President ...
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Group Listening to V-E Day Radio Commentary

Date: 05 08 1945
Description: Two women and three men (one in uniform) gathered around a table listening to a radio commentary on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
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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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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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International Transtar Eagle Truck Radio

Date: 1981
Description: Close-up of the radio on the ceiling of the cab of an International Transtar Eagle semi tractor.
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WHA Summer Radio Workshop

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Three persons at the summer radio workshop sponsored by WHA Radio on the University of Wisconsin campus. Jack Steel shows Senta Lorenz on the left and Ruth...
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Ray-O-Vac & RMR Promotion

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Soldier helping a woman use a Handie Talkie at the Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Han...
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Three Men With Police Radio

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Ray Groenier, chief radio technician for City of Madison Police Department, with two other men at a police radio.
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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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Professor Henry Ewbank

Date: 08 13 1947
Description: Portrait of Professor Henry Ewbank, the first director of Wisconsin Public Radio-WHA, and internationally known as a pioneer in radio education and the tea...
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New Fire Department Mobile Radio Equipment

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: Fire Chief Edward J. Page is broadcasting instructions to an aerial truck using new mobile radio equipment with driver, Fireman Frank McMahon. The mobile r...

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