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The Quick and The Dead Handbill
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Handbill advertising The Quick and The Dead, described as "an exciting documentary series on the atomic bomb starring Bob Hope as Mr. Average Citizen." It includes an image of a mushroom cloud.
National Broadcasting Company
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The House That Home Built
1957
Cover image of an NBC promotional folder for the show "House That Home Built".
Woman Peeling Potatoes in front of TV
1956
"All To Myself" brochure for the NBC Matinee Theater with a woman sitting front of the television peeling potatoes with her shoes off. There is an outline of a house around her.
House That Home Built House
1957
Illustration of a model home in the "House That Home Built" promotional folder.
First Ultrafax Transmission
October 21, 1948
A man and a woman stand by an Ultrafax machine as the first-ever transmission is received.
Eisenhower with David and Robert Sarnoff and Pat Weaver
1954
Dwight Eisenhower stands with David Sarnoff, Robert Sarnoff and Sylvester "Pat" Weaver.
