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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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Country Dale School Classroom

Date: 11 25 1966
Description: In a view from beneath a television stand, seventh grade students are listening to a lecture in their classroom at Country Dale school.
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Televisions for Sale

Date: 02 21 1957
Description: Interior view of the "TV Center" with the proprietor and televisions on display.
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Television

Date: 1950
Description: A young woman is displaying a television set.
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Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: A woman poses her kitchen with all of the modern conveniences.
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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Television Store

Date: 06 01 1956
Description: A man standing in a television retail store. A number of television sets are displayed, including one Hallicrafters set.
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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Hospital Patient Watching Television

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: The installation of televisions in hospital rooms is a welcome addition to this patient at Misericordia Hospital.
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Holiday Inn Motel Room

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: Typical guest room at the Holiday Inn Motel, 4402 East Washington Avenue, in Madison, with two double beds and a television.
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Madison Television Facility

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the new Madison television facility, WISC-TV (Channel 3), showing the transmitting tower in construction. The location is to the southwest,...
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WISC-TV Studio at Parade of Homes

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: Parade of Homes tent featuring WISC-TV studio with display of "TV Sound Film by Photo Copy Service."
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GE Black-Daylite TV Equipment

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: DuMont and GE Black-Daylite TV equipment used by WISC-TV in a display at the Parade of Homes with sign that reads: "All TV film shown here is from the film...
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WISC Television Studio at Parade of Homes

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: WISC television studio set-up at Parade of Home, featuring desk and informal seating and sign that reads: "All TV film shown here is from the film rental l...
Poster

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Poster

Date: 1958
Description: Poster advertising the appearance of television and motion picture "cowboy" stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Holiday Inn Motel Room

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: Interior view of a room at the Holiday Inn Motel, 4402 East Washington Avenue. View includes a day bed, a television, a table with a lamp, and a vanity wit...
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Interior of Modern Home

Date: 10 04 1955
Description: Living room with a television in a modern home.
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Bedroom with Skylights

Date: 02 09 1984
Description: Interior view of an attic bedroom with skylights and a television.
Poster

WISC-TV Channel 3 Program Poster

Date: 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising for the television special "11:59, Last Minute to Choose," on Madison's WISC-TV Channel 3. Sign reads, "...For the first time on televis...

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