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Television Tower

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Television tower near industrial buildings and automobiles parked in a lot.
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Teen Time Television Show

Date: 11 03 1953
Description: Don Aitken, Bill Colletti, and David Vilas dressed as women as they practice their cheerleading act for the "Teen Time" television program. "Teen Time" was...
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Fern Fowler Makes Christmas Candles

Date: 11 05 1953
Description: Portrait of Fern Fowler, WMTV show host, with Christmas candles that she made.
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WMTV's Teen Time

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Pat Maes and Ronnie Conroy audition for WMTV's Teen Time show while Laird Marshall provides the piano accompaniment.
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Your Puppet Pals

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Merrillyn (Mrs. Robert) Wegner is shown standing behind a set from "Your Puppet Pals" which includes 3 puppets: Professor Bookworm, Dingle the Clown, and F...
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Musical Families

Date: 03 23 1954
Description: Portrait of the Fromm family playing music. From left, they are: Kathleen, 14, playing cello, Barbara, 18, playing violin, the mother Emily playing the pia...
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Roma Borst

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Roma Borst, a Spanish-language PhD candidate and a Spanish department teaching assistant. She lead long summer tours of Europe and traveled ext...
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Advertising Shapes American Life

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Clark Hogan, operations manager of WKOW-TV, prepares advertising in the television studio.
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Reflections of Youth, WHA-TV

Date: 05 16 1956
Description: Jane Koberstein and Virginia Burdick are seated and are reflected in a mirror during "Reflections of Youth," a television program on WHA.
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Reflections of Youth, WHA-TV

Date: 05 16 1956
Description: Diane Barber (left), Judy Dale, and Jean Campbell Ellsworth rehearse for "Reflections of Youth," a television program on WHA.
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Reflections of Youth, WHA-TV

Date: 05 16 1956
Description: High school students Valerie Thomas (left), Peggy Hunter, and Karen Koten take part in "Reflections of Youth," a television program on WHA.
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Margaret Nelson and Diet

Date: 01 08 1957
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Margaret Nelson, teacher-coordinator at the Madison Vocational and Adult school's homemaking department. She was preparing to appear on WH...
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Romper Room

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: The set of WMTV's Romper Room program, showing "Miss Nancy" (Eunice Spindler) with her kindergarten "pupils." They include, from left: David Shwaiko, Marg...
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Romper Room

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: "Miss Nancy" (Eunice Spindler) posing with a Good Behavior Poster on the set of WMTV's Romper Room program.
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Romper Room

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: "Miss Nancy" (Eunice Spindler) and five "pupils" sit at tables on the set of WMTV's Romper Room.
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Deems Taylor and William Doudna

Date: 10 19 1957
Description: Deems Taylor, 'Composer-Critic-Author,' talking with William Doudna, television editor of the Wisconsin State Journal about TV. Taylor is chairman o...
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University Symphony Orchestra Members

Date: 11 13 1957
Description: Shown in the WHA-TV studios, left to right, are Professor Robert Monschein; George (?) Kreuzer, oboe; Marilyn Weckel, flute; Doster "Doc" DeHaven and Judit...
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WISC-TV Show Set

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Interior shot of television studio. Large lights are suspended from the ceiling, there are two TV cameras and their operators, a television set, and two gr...
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Madison Advertising Club's Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Five members of the Madison Advertising Club are shown. They are (L-R) Robert Loomer, WKOW-TV; Martin Wolman, business manager of Madison Newspapers Inc.; ...
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Matrix Table

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: At left is Pauline Frederick, NBC commentator, speaker for the Matrix banquet. She is shown with Elizabeth Risser and Katherine Maurer.

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