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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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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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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 for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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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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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Apollo 16 Before Launch

Date: 04 16 1972
Description: The Apollo 16 flight crew and backup crew at the breakfast served four hours before launch. With them, seated on the right side of the table and pointing, ...
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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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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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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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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Madison Home Show Television Demonstration

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Television was a feature enjoyed by children and adults at the Madison Home Show. The fascination of new improvements for the home, many of them on displa...
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Vocational and Adult School Television Repair Course

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Clarence Marty, a student in the television repair course offered at the Madison Vocational and Adult school, demonstrates how to measure the voltage in a ...
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Vocational and Adult School Television Repair Course

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Jim Studee, left, and Gordon Jenkins, students in the television repair course offered at the Madison Vocational and Adult school, build a television set. ...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of the living room at 811 Farwell Drive, including plants and vines in foreground. Homeowners Jean and Stewart Douglas are sitting and looki...
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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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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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