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Fred Coe

Date: 1956
Description: Candid shot of Fred Coe, producer of "Playwrights '56," sitting at his production board.
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Televisions for Sale

Date: 02 21 1957
Description: Interior view of the "TV Center" with the proprietor and televisions on display.
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Television Store

Date: 06 01 1956
Description: A man standing in a television retail store. A number of television sets are displayed, including one Hallicrafters set.
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 11 1954
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a photograph of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume with the tex...
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Robert Kennedy Announces His Candidacy

Date: 03 16 1968
Description: Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing his candidacy for the office of President of the United States. The announcement took place in the Caucus Room of the ...
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A Tribute to Madison Dads on Fathers' Day

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: A photographic tribute to Madison dads on Fathers Day includes a photograph of Dr. James J. Nania, a dentist, with his three sons John Nania, James Nania, ...
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Weather Man

Date: 1972
Description: "TV weather man, Howard Gernette did his thing on an early weather map."
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Newton Minow on Television

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Description: Head and shoulders view of Newton Minow on a television screen.
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Rotary Donates Television

Date: 09 19 1954
Description: Rotary Club of Madison donates a television set to the new Wisconsin Diagnostic Center. Dr. Leslie Osborn (left) accepts the gift from Charles N. Goulet (r...
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Advertising Shapes American Life

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Clark Hogan, operations manager of WKOW-TV, prepares advertising in the television studio.
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Presidential Debate

Date: 11 1980
Description: "Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan engage in a presidential debate on television."
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Presidential Debate

Date: 11 1980
Description: "Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan engage in a presidential debate on television."
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Congressional Broadcasting

Date: 1980
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin checking on House floor activity on television. A table set with place settings appears behind him.
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York For Assembly

Date: 11 1984
Description: "Supporters of Dwight York watch election returns on the TV screen."
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Jim Lehrer

Date: 04 07 2011
Description: An on-set portrait of PBS NewsHour co-anchor Jim Lehrer.
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Presidential Debate

Date: 10 19 1992
Description: "Bill Clinton, President George Bush, and Ross Perot participate in the 1992 presidential debates."
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Presidential Debate

Date: 10 19 1992
Description: "Moderators at Presidential Debate."
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Presidential Debate

Date: 10 19 1992
Description: "Clinton, Bush and Perot Presidential Debate."
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Critique of Presidential Debate

Date: 10 19 1992
Description: "John Chancellor, left, and Tom Brokaw, NBC political experts, critique the presidential debates."
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WISC-TV Show Set

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Interior shot of television studio. Large lights are suspended from the ceiling, there are two TV cameras and their operators, a television set, and two gr...

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