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L.C. and Daisy Bates Watching Television

Date: 09 1957
Description: L.C. and Daisy Bates watching television with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on the screen.
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Daisy Bates Watching Television

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Description: Daisy Bates watching Governor Faubus on television.
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Frank McCall

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Description: Candid portrait of Frank McCall with a lit cigarette in his hand. He was the manager of operations for the news and special events department at NBC.
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Edward R. Murrow

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Edward R. Murrow of CBS. On March 9, 1954, Murrow broadcast an episode of his "See It Now" series about Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism, and on ...
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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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Device Controls Television at Hospital

Date: 10 23 1964
Description: View of Joe E. Miller with his head on a pillow trying out a new hand held "communication system unit, which allows him to change the channel on the telev...
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Fishers' Night Out

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Description: Elevated view of a crowded bar, all men, in the evening before a fishing banquet. Two men are bartending behind the rectangular shaped bar. A sign high up ...
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Art in Sid's Living Room

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Description: View of a corner of Sid's living room. There is a painting by Sid of a pine tree in a mountainscape hanging on the wall. Below it is a bookshelf with sever...
Manuscript

Letter From Pat Weaver

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Description: A handwritten letter by Pat Weaver to Fred Wile addressing a television producer's responsibility to the audience regarding crime and violence.
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Lewis Arms' Birthday Party

Date: 1967
Description: Lewis Arms pouring himself a drink at his birthday party.

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