E.B. Kurtz adjusting telecasting equipment, The University of Iowa, 1930s <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Television+broadcasting">Television broadcasting</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Television+--+Equipment+and+supplies">Television -- Equipment and supplies</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Kurtz%2C+Edwin+Bernard%2C+1894-">Kurtz, Edwin Bernard, 1894-</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=W9XK-TV+%28Television+station%3A+Iowa+City%2C+Iowa%29">W9XK-TV (Television station: Iowa City, Iowa)</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States+--+Iowa+--+Iowa+City">United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1930-1940">1930-1940</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Motion+picture+devices">Motion picture devices</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Television+--+Repairing">Television -- Repairing</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=University+of+Iowa">University of Iowa</a> An over-all view of W9XK's telecasting equipment, showing scanning unit (at left) and amplifier-monitor panel. Handles on scanner are used to direct scanning beam on object in studio on other side of the wall. Prof. E.B. Kurtz, head of the Electrical Engineering Department, is shown adjusting the quality of the outgoing signal. At far left, in the studio, is the call-letters sign identifying W9XK which was used at the beginning and end of each broadcast. University of Iowa. University Archives 1930/1939 2008-05-15 Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. W9XK Experimental Television at Iowa F.W. Kent Photographs: Colleges and Departments http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/archives/guides Engineering, miscellaneous view sub-folder jpeg Still image Photographs w9xk035_1932.jpg https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ E.M. Lonsdale working on television equipment, The University of Iowa, 1941 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Television+broadcasting">Television broadcasting</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Television+--+Repairing">Television -- Repairing</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lonsdale%2C+Edward+Middlebrook%2C+1915-">Lonsdale, Edward Middlebrook, 1915-</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=W9XUI-TV+%28Television+station%3A+Iowa+City%2C+Iowa%29">W9XUI-TV (Television station: Iowa City, Iowa)</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States+--+Iowa+--+Iowa+City">United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1940-1950">1940-1950</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Television+studios">Television studios</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=University+of+Iowa">University of Iowa</a> E.M. Lonsdale making adjustments on monitor panel in W9XUI television broadcasting studio, 1941. University of Iowa. University Archives 1941 2008-05-15 Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. W9XK Experimental Television at Iowa F.W. Kent Photographs: Colleges and Departments http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/archives/guides Engineering jpeg Still image Photographs w9xk032_1941.jpg https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/