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Early Electronic Television

WBKB Chicago During World War Two

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

DuMont camera, during World War Two

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

 

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

News reporter Ann Hunter pointing to a WWII map of Italy. Early example
of women as on camera news reporters.

Courtesy of Harry Moore

Courtesy of Harry Moore

Fran Harris-Tuchman began her broadcasting career in 1942 as a member of the pioneering all-female group known as the Women's Auxiliary Television Technical Staff (WATTS). The WATTS kept WBKB-TV (now WLS) in Chicago on the air for the duration of WWII, as the majority of the station's male staff were overseas.

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

The Control Room. Again, notice the all-female staff. During the war it was common for women to take over jobs which previously were exclusively for men.

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

The set is a General Electric HM-226

1944 telecast

A picture of the staff from the mid 40s. Two cameras can be seen; one is a DuMont (right) and the other is a homemade camera (left).

Closeup of the homemade camera

Closeup of the DuMont camera

Courtesy of Cliff Benham

Another view of the homemade camera

 

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