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Television Camera at Iowa State Fair
1946
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 Radio KRNT Studios, International Harvest...
TV Broadcast at Iowa State Fair
1946
A cow and its handlers standing under lighting to be filmed for a television broadcast at the Iowa State Fair.
Iowa's First Television Show at Iowa State Fair
1946
A crowd gathers to watch "Iowa's First Television Show" at the Iowa State Fair International Harvester headquarters. The sign hanging above the audience reads: "Presenting Iowa's First Television S...
Boy Scouts
1946
Three young men in uniform, most likely boy scouts, standing with a model airplane. The men are being filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair.
Educated Monkeys Show at Iowa State Fair
1946
An audience gathers to watch the "Buttons Educated Monkeys" show, one of the attractions televised to the International Harvester tent at the Iowa State Fair.
Betty Wells at Iowa State Fair
1946
Actress Betty Wells sitting next to a man, possibly a KRNT radio personality, for a simultaneous radio and television broadcast from the Iowa State Fair.
