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Flying In

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey stepping off a plane for an appointment in his district. An airport employee wearing headphones stands at the foot of the airplan...
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Empty Stocking Christmas Show on WISC-TV

Date: 12 08 1958
Description: Behind-the-scenes workers at WISC-TV make preliminary plans for the Empty Stocking Christmas show. Front row, left to right, Walter Harlu, technical direct...
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View of Pine Grove Hotel from Opposite Shore "On the River"

Date: 1926
Description: Elevated view of the Pine Grove Hotel and Resort from the opposite shore of the Wisconsin River. An excursion boat is passing by. Rock formations are along...
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Two-Way Speaker Connects School and Home

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: Kenneth Ackerman is carrying a two-way speaker into English class at East High School where it will be used to connect a homebound student (Jerry Novick) t...
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Two-way Speaker Connects School and Home

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: An East High School English class is shown with the addition of a two-way speaker box connecting homebound student Jerry Novick to his class.
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Two-Way Speaker Connects School and Home

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: Jerry Novick sits at his kitchen table at home, taking part in his classes at East High School via two-way speaker. This will continue until he recovers fr...
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Bryce Canyon National Park

Date: 05 2005
Description: Joan Obey, Ranger Brent McGinn and Congressman David Obey at Bryce Canyon National Park. Canyon walls are in the far background.
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Wisconsin State Journal Workers

Date: 03 09 1961
Description: A worker at the Wisconsin State Journal building reading copy from a teletype machine.
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Navy Reservists Train at the Naval Reserve Training Center

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Naval reservists train at the Naval Reserve Training Center at Truax Field. A complete combat information center mockup is maintained at the training cente...
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Experimental Farmall Tractor

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Description: Early model experimental Farmall tractor (1918-1922) shown here with additional equipment, including what appears to be a radio attached. Additional enclos...
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Soldiers Using Radio in Vietnam

Date: 1965
Description: Six soldiers along a roadside in Vietnam. One soldier operates a radio while another writes. Other men sit on the other side of the road, and in the far ba...
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Helicopters Loading

Date: 1965
Description: A soldier with a radio on his back waits in the foreground while a group of men stand waiting while other men board helicopters on a beach in Vietnam.
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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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Technician Working on Telstar

Date: 1962
Description: A technician prepares the ends of cable wires in the Telstar satellite.
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Drawing of Bell System's Earth Station

Date: 1962
Description: An illustration of the Bell System's earth station showing some of its functional uses with the Telstar communications satellite.
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Telstar Satellite Cut-away Drawing

Date: 1962
Description: A cutaway drawing of the Bell System's experimental Telstar communications satellite.
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Cut-away Sketch of Telstar

Date: 1962
Description: A color cut-away sketch of the Telstar satellite.
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Telstar Test Satellite

Date: 1962
Description: A Telstar test satellite mated to the third stage of Delta launch vehicle.
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Telstar Satellite

Date: 1962
Description: The Telstar satellite, completely assembled.
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Telstar Satellite Model

Date: 08 1961
Description: Members of the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee stand with a model of the Telstar satellite. A man holds a piece of the model and is pointing sk...

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