Photograph
Telstar Passes Test at U.W.
Fred Bjorkstem, a Finnish student at U.W., made a transatlantic telephone call to Finland from Sterling Hall via the Telstar communications satellite. Telstar successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, fax images and provided the first live transatlantic television feed. |
Image ID: | 115761 |
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Creation Date: | 07 26 1962 |
Creator Name: | Sroda, Richard |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Richard Sroda photographs, 1960-1965 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | PH 2913.0325B |
Original Dimensions: | 35 mm |
Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on July 27, 1962. One of nine images. |
Men |
Indoor photography |
Suits (Clothing) |
Telecommunication systems |
College students |
University of Wisconsin |
Telephone |
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