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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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Dosch Sisters Hold Reunion

Date: 07 13 1960
Description: Seven Dosch sisters, all whom were former teachers in Wisconsin, hold a reunion in Madison at 509 W. Dayton Street. Shown seated (L-R) are: Beulah Dosch E...
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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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Stanley Sadler, Chief Engineer at WMTV

Date: 09 1955
Description: Stanley Sadler (b.1905-d.1969) posing with a camera. Sadler is chief engineer at the WMTV station in Madison.
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Madison Home Show Television Demonstration

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Television was a feature enjoyed by children and adults at the Madison Home Show. The fascination of new improvements for the home, many of them on displa...
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Thuy Nguyen and Thanh Le

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Description: Thuy Nguyen sits on the lap of family friend "Uncle" Thanh Le, a teacher at Madison East High School.
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Aerial View of Madison

Date: 04 17 1952
Description: Aerial view of Madison taken from near the site of the WIBA radio tower, looking east toward the isthmus. Other images in this set look to the northwest, s...
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A Tribute to Madison Dads on Fathers' Day

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: A photographic tribute to Madison dads on Fathers Day includes a photograph of Dr. James J. Nania, a dentist, with his three sons John Nania, James Nania, ...
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Television Station Tower Near Madison

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: View across a field, with a small hill in the distance. One tree is on the hill, and a building is nearby. Behind them, a tower extends into the sky. Capti...
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Rotary Donates Television

Date: 09 19 1954
Description: Rotary Club of Madison donates a television set to the new Wisconsin Diagnostic Center. Dr. Leslie Osborn (left) accepts the gift from Charles N. Goulet (r...
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Floyd Voight Home Interior

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: The family room of the Floyd and Marian Voight at 8 Fuller Court in Madison. The room features driftwood paneling, cork tile floor with braided rugs, and a...
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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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Nixon Film Preview

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: 40 Madison area women preview a film of Vice-President and GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon. The film is to be shown on WISC-TV.
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Master Television Engineer Award

Date: 07 13 1954
Description: Presentation of the Master Television Engineer award to Cloren Smith, Chief Engineer at WKOW-TV in Madison. Smith is seen holding a mounted cup on a studio...
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Len Mattioli, Crazy TV Lenny

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Description: "See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me." Len Mattioli (Crazy TV Lenny), of American TV and Pioneer's John Talbot with a Pioneer laser disk and a Pioneer Laserdisc play...
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Boy with Television Camera

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Description: A young boy learning how to operate a television camera.
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Vocational and Adult School Television Repair Course

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Clarence Marty, a student in the television repair course offered at the Madison Vocational and Adult school, demonstrates how to measure the voltage in a ...
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Vocational and Adult School Television Repair Course

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Jim Studee, left, and Gordon Jenkins, students in the television repair course offered at the Madison Vocational and Adult school, build a television set. ...
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Gift to Central Wisconsin Colony

Date: 10 11 1963
Description: Members of the Madison City council of Epsilon Sigma Alpha presenting a television set to the Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. Left to right: ...
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Television Station

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Description: Michael Henry is seated at the mixing board at a local television station. There is a cable access program playing on the monitor above him called "Glad To...

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