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WMAQ Radio Station

Date: 1924
Description: Interior of WMAQ Radio Station with Chief Engineer Donald Weller standing.
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Baby Rose Marie Singing

Date: 1928
Description: Baby Rose Marie is shown singing at an NBC radio microphone. This is seen in the National Union Radio Corporation publicity booklet "Radio Stars of Today."
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La Follette Family Listens to the Returns

Date: 11 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with Isabel Bacon La Follette (Mrs. Philip La Follette), Mrs. John J. Blaine, Philip Fox La Follette, Governor John J. Blaine, ...
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Radiophone

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Description: A woman takes down menus and recipes that she hears on her radiophone.
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WHA Radio Exhibit In Milwaukee

Date: 06 21 1922
Description: Exhibit of WHA and the University of Wisconsin Extension Division at a radio show in an auditorium.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Listens to Broadcast

Date: 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm and friends listening to broadcast.
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Johnny Olson

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Description: Radio announcer Johnny Olson wearing a pair of Oshkosh B' Gosh overalls. Olson hosted the "Oshkosh B' Gosh" Radio Program broadcast on stations WTMJ (Milwa...
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Holiday Card with Two Dogs As Radio Announcers

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card with two Boston Terriers as radio announcers in front of microphones. The call letters on the microphones are "WLW" and "WSAI." On the inside ...
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Obey Replies to Reagan

Date: 08 30 1986
Description: Congressman David R. Obey delivering the Democrat's reply to a Labor Day speech by President Ronald Reagan.
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Jim Hightower

Date: 1988
Description: Texas political activist and broadcaster James Hightower at a political event for Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey.
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Radio Station

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a wooden radio station building and a small shed, with other outbuildings in the background on the right. In front of the main building...
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Zona Gale Reading for the Radio

Date: 1930
Description: Zona Gale reading for WHA radio station. She is sitting at a table looking down at a script.
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Minow Talking with a Man

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Description: Newton Minow and another man are talking while seated in front of a map on the wall.
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Dr. Jonathan Lee Overby

Date: 01 11 1982
Description: Waist-up portrait of Dr. Jonathan Lee Overby, a bandleader, baritone singer, and radio host on WORT, and then on WPR. At the time this portrait was taken, ...
Manuscript

WHA Radio Logo

Date: 1936
Description: WHA Radio logo from a 1936-1937 Wisconsin College of the Air course guide.
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Early Vacuum Tube

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Description: A vacuum tube built by Cyril Moreau Jansky for WHA radio station at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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Jim Ameche

Date: 02 24 1943
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of radio actor Jim Ameche. The image was used for a newspaper advertisement. Caption reads: "Jim Ameche, The MANHATTAN STORY Te...
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Textile Problems

Date: 1959
Description: Two men are seated at a small table facing each other with a microphone suspended between them. Caption reads: "TEXTILE PROBLEMS make the airwaves. Left, G...
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Agnes Moorehead and Lionel Barrymore

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Description: Agnes Moorehead sits across a small table and leans toward Lionel Barrymore. Two large radio microphones hang in-between them. The two were part of the r...

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