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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.
Electrical Engineering building, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Electrical Engineering building, The University of Iowa, 1930s

The Electrical Engineering building where the television studio and transmitter were located on the ground floor.
Clement F. Wade, president of Western Television Corporation, 1930s

Clement F. Wade, president of Western Television Corporation, 1930s

Clement F. Wade's company offered to provide the Department of Electrical Engineering several of the necessary equipment components to put W9XK on the air.
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…
E.B. Kurtz and J.L. Potter in front of television transmitter, The University of Iowa, 1933

E.B. Kurtz and J.L. Potter in front of television transmitter, The University of Iowa, 1933

View of television transmitter for W9XK. Transmitter operated on 2050 kilocycles or a wave length of 146 meters. Pictured at left is Prof. E.B. Kurtz, head of the Electrical Engineering Department, holding a transmitter tube, and J.L. Potter,…
E.G. Blackstone writing shorthand, The University of Iowa, 1933

E.G. Blackstone writing shorthand, The University of Iowa, 1933

Prof. E.G. Blackstone of the College of Commerce, giving an illustrated lecture on shorthand, broadcast on W9XK, 1933. Note microphone to pick up sound and photoelectric cells on left to pick up picture.
E.B. Kurtz pointing to chart, The University of Iowa, January 25, 1933

E.B. Kurtz pointing to chart, The University of Iowa, January 25, 1933

Prof. E.B. Kurtz, head of Electrical Engineering Department, points to a chart during his illustrated talk as part of W9XK's inaugural combined broadcast with radio station WSUI, Jan. 25, 1933.
Two men and a woman broadcasting at the Iowa Memorial Union, The University of Iowa, November 21, 1940

Two men and a woman broadcasting at the Iowa Memorial Union, The University of Iowa, November 21, 1940

"Music Hour" broadcast at Iowa Memorial Union for W9XUI, Nov. 21, 1940.
Television station call letters, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Television station call letters, The University of Iowa, 1930s

W9XK television call letters, used to identify the station at the beginning and end of each of its broadcasts, 1930s.
Map/diagram of Midwest, 1930s

Map/diagram of Midwest, 1930s

Diagram of locations reporting television reception of W9XK, 1930s.
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