c0445 Television in Utah Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s-1950s A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2006 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 2006. Finding aid written in English. 2005

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 445 Television in Utah Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s-1950s 1.25 lin. ft. (3 boxes) Negatives and photocopies of early television stations and programs in Utah donated by Salt Lake City stations. Collected by the Utah State Historical Society Exhibits Program for a museum exhibit on Philo T. Farnsworth and televsion. Topics: Television -- Utah -- Photographs. Persons: Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906-1971 -- Photographs. Form or Genre: Negatives, photographs, photocopies and caption materials Background Background Note

Collected by the Utah State Historical Society Exhibits Program for a museum exhibit on Philo T. Farnsworth and televsion.

Scope and Content

Negatives and photocopies of early television stations and programs in Utah donated by Salt Lake City stations.

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Television in Utah Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s-1950s, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Salt Lake City television stations

Restrictions on Use

The Television in Utah Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone, 2000, 2005 Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000, 2006 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX00-A88). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2006. Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 1 Channel 2 sign on the Cathedral of the Madeleine 1 1 2 TV2 RCA camera 1 1 3 Channel 2 truck 1 1 4 Channel 2 studio 1 1 5 Test pattern, KDYL (Channel 4) 1 1 6 Mobile Bus unit; Rollow Kimball & Boyd Humphries 1 1 7 Cliff Gardner at the gas pumping table, ca 1928 1 1 8 On air talent staff, KSTU, 1980 1 1 9 Channel 2 towers 1 1 10 KDYL, 1939 RCA Iconoscope camera 1 2 11 Group outside KDYL Studio, 1939 1 2 12 KSTU facility in the International Center, Channel 20 1 2 13 KDYL TV demonstrations 1 2 14 Native Americans, Ute tribe, 1939 Paris broadcast 1 2 15 Parade, Center Street, Provo, ca 1956 1 2 16 Channel 4 1 2 17 TV tower, Farnsworth Peak, 1954-1976 1 2 18 KBYU, Channel 11 broadcast 1 2 19 Early set for a woodworking show 1 2 20 KSL-TV, 6th Anniversary 1 3 21 KCPX-4 Studio exterior 1 3 22 KTVT 4 ad for Tirend/Orager 1 3 23 KDYL, Walker Bank Tower at night 1 3 24 Lighthouse 20 children's program 1 3 25 As Schools Match Wits program 1 3 26 Dick Nourse 1 3 27 Working on tower in downtown Salt Lake City 1 3 28 KSL TV, Channel 5 studio entrance 1 3 29 Very early TV by Philo Farnsworth, early 1940s 1 3 30 Dumont camera, Cherry picker from UP & L, ca 1962 1 4 31 Salt Lake Tabernacle interior, KSL-TV 1 4 32 KSL truck 1 4 33 Dumont studio camera, 1949, Murdock, Evans 1 4 34 Dumont camera 1 4 35 Editing area 1 4 36 KDYL truck in front of Ben Lomond Hotel 1 4 37 Rollow Kimball & Howard Smith, KSL remote truck 1 4 38 KDYL truck at circus 1 4 39 Large microwave dishes, Mt. Vision 1 4 40 Transmitter station, Mt. Vision, KUTV, Oquirrh Mts 1 5 41 Gov J. Bracken Lee n KDYL-TV 1 5 42 KCPX color camera, 30image orthicon 1 5 43 Children's program, Captain Cutlass 1 5 44 Craig Clyde interviewing David Carradine 1 5 45 KDYL Ranchinn Roundup 1 5 46 Studio kitchen, first cooking class, KSL 1 5 47 KSL tower area, 1949 1 5 48 KSL antenna on Union Pacific Building, May, 1949 1 5 49 KSL, 1946 1 5 50 KSL studio interior, 1951 2 1 51 Mel Wright, KSL 2 1 52 Philo T. Farnsworth, image dissector tube, 1918 2 1 53 Elma "Pem" Garnder Farnsworth, first room to room TV, 1927 2 1 54 Diagram of early interior TV workings 2 1 55 Philo T. Farnsworth 2 1 56 Philo Farnsworth with early model of "Fusor," ca 1964 2 1 57 Studio kitchen 2 1 58 KUTV Channel 2 2 1 59 Putting in first video tape machine, Channel 2, early 1960s 2 1 60 One of the first TV receivers built by Philo Farnsworth, early 1930s 2 2 61 First laboratory, 202 Green Street, San Francisco, CA 2 2 62 Cliff Gardner, Mrs, Farnsworth's brother, image amplifier camera tube 2 2 63 Math class taught on KBYU 2 2 64 Early equipment 2 2 65 Bob Welty 2 2 66 Romper Room 2 2 67 Paul James 2 2 68 Reel to reel equipment 2 2 69 Channel 11 Weekend Report 2 2 70 KBYU, Channel 11 2 3 71 Old 1000 tape machine, video to tape room 2 3 72 Film island 2 3 73 Test chart, 1952 2 3 74 A. Ray Olpin, University of Utah 2 3 75 Gardner Hall, University of Utah 2 3 76 KUED camera 2 3 77 KUTV, Channel 2 studio exterior 2 3 78 Days of '47 Parade coverage, Channel 4 2 3 79 Studio interior 2 3 80 Early equipment 2 4 81 Tabernacle interior, KSL camera 2 4 82 Tabernacle interior, choir 2 4 83 Transmitter station, towers 2 4 84 Early equipment 2 4 85 Mr. Rogers 2 4 86 Sesame Street 2 4 87 The MacNeil/Leher News Hour 2 4 88 Dance in America, Baryshnikov and Makarova 2 4 89 Political campaign: Eisenhower and Nixon 2 4 90 World Series baseball 2 5 91 KDYL programming 2 5 92 Masterpiece Theatre 2 5 93 News documentary: Vietnam: A Television History 2 5 94 Evening at Pops: Buddy Rich and Itzhak Perlman 2 5 95 NOVA: The Dawn with No Tomorrow 2 5 96 Playtime Party 2 5 97 NOVA camera 2 5 98 KUED Station Manager, Rex Campbell with a "friend" 2 5 99 Dancers on camera 2 5 100 Firing Line: William F 3 3 1 101 Captain Scotty Space Cadets logo 3 1 102 Captain Scotty 3 1 103 KDYL-TV advertisements 3 1 104 Figure-actively Speaking, Frances Roylance, KBYU 3 1 105 Early televisions, KSL ad 3 1 106 KTVT test pattern 3 1 107 Television ads 3 1 108 Square dancing show, KSL 3 1 109 KCPX-Channel 4, election results, Calvin Rampton 3 1 110 Weather forecast 3 1 111 Romper Room 3 2 Negatives (equipment, stations, transmitters) 3 3 Negatives (programming, advertisements) 3 4 Text material 3 5 Captions/text materials for photographs in Boxes 1 & 2