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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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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
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Sylvester "Pat" Weaver

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Description: Candid portrait of Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, father of Sigourney Weaver, wearing a pinstripe suit and horn-rimmed eyeglasses, in his office.
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Gemini Interview

Date: 08 17 1965
Description: NBC News broadcaster Merrill Mueller interviewing Lockheed engineer Bud Zeller about the Gemini Agena Target Vehicle. The interview was part of a public re...
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Television Broadcast of Election Returns

Date: 11 02 1948
Description: WENR in Chicago broadcasts the first live national television presidential election returns when Truman upset Dewey.
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Electric Cooking with Meinhardt Raabe

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Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, standing with two women on a television soundstage kitchen.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, wearing a hat, at the WHA television station.
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Rukeyser Interviewing Senator Proxmire

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Description: Senator William Proxmire, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, being interviewed by Lewis Rukeyser and others on the set of the public television prog...
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Senator Proxmire and Senator Mansfield

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Description: Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin, and Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, on the set of the Senate Recording Studio in Washington, D.C. From his first ...
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Channel 10 Auction

Date: 04 27 1976
Description: The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B...
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Proxmire Faces the Nation

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Description: Senator William Proxmire on the set of the CBS news program, "Face the Nation."
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Laird Television Interview

Date: 05 18 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird being interviewed on the set of the Issues and Answers program.
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TV Broadcast at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A cow and its handlers standing under lighting to be filmed for a television broadcast at the Iowa State Fair.
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4-H Members on TV at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A group of 4-H members standing underneath lights to be filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair, while a woman nearby is playing the piano.
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Boy Scouts

Date: 1946
Description: Three young men in uniform, most likely boy scouts, standing with a model airplane. The men are being filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair.
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Betty Wells at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: Actress Betty Wells sitting next to a man, possibly a KRNT radio personality, for a simultaneous radio and television broadcast from the Iowa State Fair.
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Television Camera at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A television crew worker films "Iowa's First Television Show" while an audience looks on. The sign reads: "Iowa's First Television Show In Cooperation With...
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Liberace and Ed Sullivan

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Description: Ed Sullivan leans against a piano that Liberace is sitting near. There is a candelabra on the piano and stage lights are visible in the background.
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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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Capital Gang

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Description: Publicity portrait of the four original stars of the CNN news program Capital Gang: (clockwise from the lower left) Robert Novak, Mark Shields, Pat ...

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