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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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Connor Radio Co. Store Interior

Date: 11 22 1934
Description: Connor Radio Company store interior, 2207 Atwood Avenue, featuring Crosley radios and a tin ceiling.
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H&S Radio Service

Date: 05 14 1934
Description: H&S Radio Service, 308 E. Wilson Street - interior. Shows speakers, vacuum tubes, and other radio parts. Owned by Don Head and Jack Symons.
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Madison Radio Shop Sound Car

Date: 04 03 1933
Description: "Sound car" with loud speakers on the front hood, and a large sign on top that reads: "Norge, Madison Radio & Refrigerator Co., Borgrud Hardware Co., Ander...
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Majestic Radio Sales Co. Booth

Date: 08 20 1930
Description: Salesman standing in front of Majestic Radio Sales Co., (122 E. Washington Avenue), with a booth at the Dane County Fair.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Stromberg-Carlson console model radio 10 tube screen grid radio, with doors closed.
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Antenna Inside Radome

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Description: Giant 340 ton antenna inside radome. The housing at the left holds maser and other gear-enabling antenna to send signals up to the satellite and receive fa...
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Testing the Telstar Experimental Satellite

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Description: Three men testing the Bell System's Telstar experimental communications satellite at the Bell Telephone Laboratories before being sent to Cape Canaveral, F...
Drawing

Telstar Satellite First Orbit

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Description: The Bell System Telstar Satellite first orbit showing apogee and perigee.
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Telstar Orbit

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Description: Depiction of orbit of Telstar satellite when within range of Andover and English ground stations.
Poster

RCA Radiola 64 and Radio Receiver

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Description: Illustration of the RCA Radiola model 64 and a Centralized Radio Receiver, both intended for classroom use.
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Fire Department Mobile Radio Equipment

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: First Assistant Fire Chief Patrick J. Brown with microphone, and Fireman Grant Prideau receiving radio instructions from Fire Chief Edward J. Page, demonst...
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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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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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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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Transcription Facilities in Campus Radio Studio

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Description: Two men use radio equipment at the transcription facilities in Campus Radio Studio at Westminster College. The college was founded in 1852.
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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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Sailor on Tank Landing Ship

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Seaman First Class Thomas Veater (shirtless) of Louzerne, Pennsylvania, on a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) after the landing at Saidor, New Guinea (present day ...

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