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Telemation Audio-Visual Method Presented to University of Wisconsin

Date: 01 26 1961
Description: Telemation, a revolutionary audio-visual method of presenting instructional material was premiered at the University of Wisconsin education building audito...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Antenna

Date: 04 13 1948
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company, 122 West Main Street, showing an antenna on top of the building for use with mobile telephone service.
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Kitty Daly

Date: 02 21 1958
Description: Kitty Daly, a cab dispatcher for the City Car Co. for the past 17 years, has been answering the phone in front of a microphone and an electrical telegraph....
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W.I.B.A. Radio Tower

Date: 12 27 1935
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards four men constructing the W.I.B.A. radio transmission tower.
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Transmitters In the Desert

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Description: Aerial view of two radio and television transmitters atop a butte in the Arco-Snake River desert.
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Men with a Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: Newton Minow (left) and three men of the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee look at a model of the Telstar satellite.
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Newton Minow and Man with a Communications Part

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Description: Newton Minow (right) and another man inspect what may be a communications part.
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Men Study a Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: A group of men study a model of the Telstar satellite. From left to right are: Newton Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, James Webb ...
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Minow and Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: Newton Minow and another man look at a model of the Telstar satellite.
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Helicopters Loading

Date: 1965
Description: A soldier with a radio on his back waits in the foreground while a group of men stand waiting while other men board helicopters on a beach in Vietnam.
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Soldiers Using Radio in Vietnam

Date: 1965
Description: Six soldiers along a roadside in Vietnam. One soldier operates a radio while another writes. Other men sit on the other side of the road, and in the far ba...
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Cut-away Sketch of Telstar

Date: 1962
Description: A color cut-away sketch of the Telstar satellite.
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Telstar Satellite Cut-away Drawing

Date: 1962
Description: A cutaway drawing of the Bell System's experimental Telstar communications satellite.
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Drawing of Bell System's Earth Station

Date: 1962
Description: An illustration of the Bell System's earth station showing some of its functional uses with the Telstar communications satellite.
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Technician Working on Telstar

Date: 1962
Description: A technician prepares the ends of cable wires in the Telstar satellite.
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View of Pine Grove Hotel from Opposite Shore "On the River"

Date: 1926
Description: Elevated view of the Pine Grove Hotel and Resort from the opposite shore of the Wisconsin River. An excursion boat is passing by. Rock formations are along...
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Bryce Canyon National Park

Date: 05 2005
Description: Joan Obey, Ranger Brent McGinn and Congressman David Obey at Bryce Canyon National Park. Canyon walls are in the far background.
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Soldiers with Jeep View Smoke from Brest

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: View of distant smoke from the battle surrounding Brest, France. In the foreground, soldiers are parked in a large field with an air support radio jeep. Th...
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Radio Guinea

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: Gordon Williams, of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Stanley J. Quinn of the Mutual Broadcasting System, pose with two indigenous men in front ...
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Flying In

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey stepping off a plane for an appointment in his district. An airport employee wearing headphones stands at the foot of the airplan...

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