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Illustration broadcast in television lecture on home planning, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Illustration broadcast in television lecture on home planning, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Illustrated lecture on home planning by Prof. Frederic G. Higbee.
Illustration of broadcast of drawing demonstration at The University of Iowa, 1930s

Illustration of broadcast of drawing demonstration at The University of Iowa, 1930s

Newspaper account of the experimental television broadcast originating from the University of Iowa.
Images from University of Iowa student Master's thesis on television production, 1941

Images from University of Iowa student Master's thesis on television production, 1941

In 1941 Raymond H. Abel, a UI graduate student in speech and theatre arts, wrote his master's thesis, A Project and Preliminary Investigation of Problems Involved in Producing a Play for Television. The thesis recounted his experience directing a UI…
Map/diagram of Midwest, 1930s

Map/diagram of Midwest, 1930s

Diagram of locations reporting television reception of W9XK, 1930s.
Newspaper report on experimental television broadcasts at The University of Iowa, 1930s

Newspaper report on experimental television broadcasts at The University of Iowa, 1930s

Newspaper account of the experimental television broadcast originating from the University of Iowa.
Ray C. Kent standing behind camera, The University of Iowa, 1941

Ray C. Kent standing behind camera, The University of Iowa, 1941

Television camera employing Iconoscope. Electrical engineering instructor Ray C. Kent is focusing W9XUI camera by adjusting large portrait lens, 1941.
Reprint of newspaper report on television broadcast demonstration, The University of Iowa, March 3, 1933

Reprint of newspaper report on television broadcast demonstration, The University of Iowa, March 3, 1933

Daily Iowan account of the March 3, 1933 public demonstration of television.
Television equipment: bank of photoelectric cells, The University of Iowa, 1933

Television equipment: bank of photoelectric cells, The University of Iowa, 1933

Prof. E.B. Kurtz, head of the Dept. of Electrical engineering, looking through a bank of ten photoelectric cells mounted in frame for use at W9XK studio, 1933.
Television Research Laboratory elevation plan, The University of Iowa, March 7, 1932

Television Research Laboratory elevation plan, The University of Iowa, March 7, 1932

Sectional elevations of W9Xk studio and operating rooms.
Television Research Laboratory floor plan, The University of Iowa, March 7, 1932

Television Research Laboratory floor plan, The University of Iowa, March 7, 1932

Floor plan of W9XK studio, transmitter, and operating rooms.
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