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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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Tony Salerno and his Gypsy Melodians

Date: 02 27 1934
Description: Tony Salerno and his Gypsy Melodians, six musicians. Tony Salerno, leader, is standing with instruments at the WIBA studio.
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Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green

Date: 1943
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, debate a point during a Mutual Broadcasting System ra...
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WHA Summer Radio Workshop

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Three women at the summer radio workshop sponsored by WHA Radio on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the middle is Peg Bolger of the WHA staff...
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Woman Interviewing "Johnny" (Philip Morris)

Date: 06 24 1946
Description: Johnny Roventini (known as "Johnny"), spokesman for Philip Morris cigarettes, is shown being interviewed by a woman at the WIBA radio station.
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Arthur Bramhall, Sports Announcer

Date: 08 16 1946
Description: Arthur Bramhall, at a microphone, gesturing as he announces a sports event. Behind him is the identifying emblem for NBC WIBA radio affiliate.
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Len Schmitt Senate Campaign

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Len Schmitt, former Progressive Party legislator from Merrill, led the Republican opposition to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's bid for re-election. Schmitt a...
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Iowa's First Television Show at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A crowd gathers to watch "Iowa's First Television Show" at the Iowa State Fair International Harvester headquarters. The sign hanging above the audience re...
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Television Camera at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A television crew worker films "Iowa's First Television Show" while an audience looks on. The sign reads: "Iowa's First Television Show In Cooperation With...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Three men seated at a microphone, at WKOW radio, representing the Wisconsin Council of Churches.
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WKOW Broadcast

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: Three women discussing the aims and accomplishments of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club being broadcast on the WKOW "Woman's World" broad...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Three men standing at the microphone during a WIBA Radio broadcast from the Madison Home Show.
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Carson Gulley

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Carson Gulley, chef for UW dormitories, sitting at a table in front of a WIBA microphone. He is wearing a chef's hat and white uniform.
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League of Women Voters Statewide Radio Program

Date: 09 10 1951
Description: Frances Hurst (left) and Marcella Gill (right) listen to voice recordings at the WIBA radio broadcasting studio. Hurst was chairman of the WHA radio progra...
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"Washington Merry Go Round"

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Description: Drew Pearson (left), and Robert S. Allen (right), whose syndicated column "Washington Merry Go Round" made them among the nation's best known journalists. ...
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"Your Pastor Speaks" Radio Program

Date: 04 30 1952
Description: Four pastors are shown seated around a table with a radio microphone in the studio of WIBA-FM and WIBA-AM. They are planning a program that will be on the ...
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American Association for State and Local History

Date: 09 08 1954
Description: Group portrait of members of the American Association for State and Local History who participated in the "America's Town Meeting of the Air" radio broadca...
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WTMJ Radio Booth

Date: 1977
Description: "Radio personality, Gordon Hinkley, appeared in the WTMJ radio booth at the Wisconsin State Fair."
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Marc Blitzstein Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943".
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The Beatles at Press Conference

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: The Beatles at a press conference in advance of their concert that evening. Pictured: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Not pictured: Ringo...

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