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National Guard Flight Over Lake Michigan

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Description: Eight man sitting in a room looking at a map written on a chalkboard with symbols. One of the men is writing on the chalkboard. Caption reads: "Madison, Wi...
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Interference Eliminator for a Radio

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Interference eliminator for a radio, made by Kidder's Radio Shop.
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Radio Schematic

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Description: A blueprint schematic of a radio telephone circuit for the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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Early Radio Transmitter and Vacuum Tube

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Description: A radio transmitter tuner and vacuum tube. The tube was built by Cyril Moreau Jansky and the transmitter was most likely built by him as well.
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Original Transmitting Equipment

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Description: The original transmitting equipment for WHA, the oldest radio station in the nation. The telephone pictured served as a microphone. The station was in the ...
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Majestic Radio Sales Co. Booth

Date: 08 20 1930
Description: Salesman standing in front of Majestic Radio Sales Co., (122 E. Washington Avenue), with a booth at the Dane County Fair.
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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 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: Two-door floor model Stromberg-Carlson radio, Ludlow Radio Co., 116 N. Fairchild Street.
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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: 09 25 1929
Description: Stromberg-Carlson console model radio 10 tube screen grid radio, with doors open.
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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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Emerson School Children

Date: 10 01 1931
Description: Emerson School children standing by a radio on a table, listening to a broadcast of "The Hare and the Lion," 2421 East Johnson Street.
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Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, Radio Department

Date: 11 27 1943
Description: Interior of Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, in Wisconsin Union Transfer Building, 155-303 West Wilson Street, showing lamps, mirrors and radios.
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Radio Lecture Set-Up with Glenn Morris

Date: 09 09 1941
Description: Set-up of radio equipment for a lecture. The man is probably Glenn Morris.
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Radio Parts Co. Interior

Date: 04 20 1934
Description: Radio Parts Co., 1975 E. Washington Avenue, featuring Sylvania radio tubes.
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Installation of an Antenna on the City-County Building

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: A steel worker from Milwaukee attaches a rope to be used to pull an antenna into place on a tower on top of the new City-County Building. The antenna is fo...
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Steering Wheel of Bob Bender's Cab

Date: 1977
Description: Interior view of the steering wheel, dash, and foot pedals of Bob Bender's deluxe limousine cab named "Nellie," a black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood. Flat rate ...
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Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Edward C. Waffle, in charge of the tower for the Air Force, is talking with a pilot from the Truax Field control tower by speaking into a handheld radio tr...

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