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| Date: | 05 20 1960 |
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| Description: | Black Earth telephone company maintenance truck in front of the local office. |
| Date: | 05 05 1932 |
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| Description: | The U.S. airmail radio operator at Royal Airport in Madison. During the 1920s Madison had two airports: the Madison Airport (aka the North Street Airport) ... |
| Date: | 12 23 1932 |
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| Description: | Left interior of Kidder Radio Shop, 113 N. Baldwin Street. Shows two men working on radios. |
| Date: | 03 23 1961 |
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| Description: | A ham radio operator uses his home radio equipment to allow Wisconsin residents far from home to link to family members via a radio-phone connection. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the AT&T Company is parked across cable car tracks on a cobblestone street. The truck may be a Model H or 21. |
| Date: | 01 24 1928 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck marked "City Line Dept. No.4" Other men raise what appears to be a telephone pole along the side of a... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A man climbs a telephone pole next to a building while two others work near its base. Another man sits behind the wheel of an International truck marked: "... |
| Date: | 04 29 1961 |
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| Description: | Layman W. Fleming, second from right, retired after 18 years as district manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co., and after 42 years in the telegraph bu... |
| Date: | 10 20 1962 |
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| Description: | The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s... |
| Date: | 10 20 1962 |
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| Description: | The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s... |
| Date: | 10 1962 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow (far right) is seated at a table with members of his staff at the Communications Research Center. There is a large map on the wall on the righ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow speaks at a National Association of Broadcasters event. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Newton Minow (seated fourth from the right) attending a NAB conference. He is sitting at a table on a stage with six other men. Another ma... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow (left) and three men of the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee look at a model of the Telstar satellite. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow (fourth from the right) poses with members of his staff in front of a large map on a wall. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow and a woman on his staff are facing each other, having a discussion. There is a portrait of John F. Kennedy hanging on the wall behind them. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow and another man look at a model of the Telstar satellite. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow and another man have a discussion in front of a map. |
| Date: | 11 1962 |
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| Description: | Newton Minow and Leo Solomon shake hands in front of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plaque. Minow appears to be receiving an award. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| 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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