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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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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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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.
Poster

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Poster

Date: 1958
Description: Poster advertising the appearance of television and motion picture "cowboy" stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Rosa Parks Interviewed by Anne Braden

Date: 05 31 1960
Description: Rosa Parks being interviewed by Mrs. Anne Braden, editor of the "Southern Patriot," at Braden's home.
Poster

WISC-TV Channel 3 Program Poster

Date: 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising for the television special "11:59, Last Minute to Choose," on Madison's WISC-TV Channel 3. Sign reads, "...For the first time on televis...
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Television Station

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Description: Michael Henry is seated at the mixing board at a local television station. There is a cable access program playing on the monitor above him called "Glad To...
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Novak on Television Set

Date: 11 28 1987
Description: Robert Novak (right) and Richard Lesher of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the set of the chamber's news program, It's Your Business.
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"It's Your Business" Panel

Date: 12 17 1986
Description: Panel discussion on 'It's Your Business," a program sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The panelists are: (left to right) Richard Lesher of the ch...
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Thuy Nguyen and Thanh Le

Date: 
Description: Thuy Nguyen sits on the lap of family friend "Uncle" Thanh Le, a teacher at Madison East High School.
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Nguyen Family with Television

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Description: Trong Nguyen poses with his children in the living room, next to the television. Charlie Nguyen sits on his lap. In front of him, from left to right, are T...
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WKOW Television Studio

Date: 1960
Description: People mill about the WKOW television studio. A television camera and boom microphone are visible to the right, and there is a clock in the background surr...
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WMVS-TV Mobile Unit Filming Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Date: 1961
Description: The operators of the mobile unit of WMVS-TV, a community station out of Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools, film an interview with Roy Rogers and Dale ...
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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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Watching TV

Date: 04 1991
Description: Man watching a program on a large television. In front of him is a TV tray. There is a VCR on top of the television. Although unidentified it is likely tha...
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Frame 43: Mrs. Hamer and Microphones on Television

Date: 1964
Description: A television set displays an image of Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist and political figure, speaking into microphones.
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Frame 44: White Man Testifying on Television

Date: 08 1964
Description: A television set displays an image of a man seated at a desk covered in papers and microphones, likely at the 1964 Democratic National Convention where the...
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Doris Platt on WHA-TV

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Doris Platt at the WHA-TV station displaying artifacts during the broadcast of Scandinavian Backbone, part of her series of 1959 television shows. E...
Drawing

Television Commercial Art Work

Date: 1952
Description: Four panels of a sketched storyboard for the Eisenhower TV spot campaign. The first panel contains the slogan, "Eisenhower Answers America!"
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Newton Minow in the Control Room

Date: 
Description: Newton Minow is seated at a monitor in a broadcasting control room. Two men stand behind him, looking at the monitor over his shoulder. Other people are in...

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