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Margaret Lewis and Dickie

Date: 11 17 1937
Description: Portrait of Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Lewis sitting in a chair and Richard "Dickie" Lewis, a 3-year-old, standing beside the chair with floor model radio in th...
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Melvina Capron and her Radio

Date: 08 02 1933
Description: Melvina (Mrs. Samuel) Capron, 222 N. Bassett Street, listening to a radio and reenacting the night in 1923 when she heard that President Warren G. Harding ...
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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Radio Installed at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 01 1932
Description: Radio installed at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) for the granddaughters of the zoo director, Fred Winkelmann, and Tuck, the chimpanzee.
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RCA Victor Radio Display

Date: 03 10 1932
Description: Elegant RCA Victor Radio display window in the Taylor Electric Company store, located at 201 E. Washington Avenue.
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Robert La Follette Next to Radio

Date: 11 04 1930
Description: Robert La Follette standing next to a radio on election night at the La Follette home.
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Storefronts on West Mifflin Street

Date: 09 26 1930
Description: Stores on West Mifflin Street including Jordan's Clothing, 119, Blackhawk Electric Company, 121, New York Store Rugs 123, and Virginia Grill, 125.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Stromberg-Carlson console model radio 10 tube screen grid radio, with doors open.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Stromberg-Carlson console model radio 10 tube screen grid radio, with doors closed.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 08 17 1929
Description: Two-door floor model Stromberg-Carlson radio, Ludlow Radio Co., 116 N. Fairchild Street.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 08 17 1929
Description: Floor model Stromberg-Carlson radio, Ludlow Radio Co., 116 N. Fairchild Street.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 08 17 1929
Description: Floor model Stromberg-Carlson radio, Ludlow Radio Co., 116 N. Fairchild Street.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 08 17 1929
Description: Floor model, door open, with bench, Stromberg-Carlson radio, Ludlow Radio Co., 116 S. Fairchild Street.
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Stromberg-Carlson Radio

Date: 08 17 1929
Description: Floor model, door open, with bench, Stromberg-Carlson radio, Ludlow Radio Co., 116 S. Fairchild Street.
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Maurice White and Farmer

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Description: Maurice White interviewing a farmer for radio broadcast.
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Heeb Automotive Equipment Company Building

Date: 1927
Description: The Heeb Automotive Equipment Company building 401 West Gorham Street. They also sold Sparton Radios. Built 1927, the building was bought by the city in 1...
Drawing

Heeb Company Warehouse

Date: 1927
Description: An architect's rendering of the Heeb Automotive Equipment Company building, 401 West Gorham Street; Law, Law, and Potter, architects. The building was boug...
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Antenna Inside Radome

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Description: Giant 340 ton antenna inside radome. The housing at the left holds maser and other gear-enabling antenna to send signals up to the satellite and receive fa...
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Testing the Telstar Experimental Satellite

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Description: Three men testing the Bell System's Telstar experimental communications satellite at the Bell Telephone Laboratories before being sent to Cape Canaveral, F...
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Telstar Satellite First Orbit

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Description: The Bell System Telstar Satellite first orbit showing apogee and perigee.

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