Dr. James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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A rich visual montage, reminding us how wonderfully cumbersome the first generations of television were. For visitors of a certain age, this fascinating site will bring back many fond memories. But you don’t have to remember Bishop Sheen or The Honeymooners to learn from Eyes of a Generation. It charmingly captures not just the earliest television cameras, but the dedicated crews, cramped sets and expansive performers and events of our past…this is true television history.

Dr. James L. Baughman
Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Author, Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961.
Author, Television’s Guardians: The FCC and the Politics of Programming, 1958-67
Author, Henry R. Luce and the Rise of the Modern American News Media
Author, The Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Broadcasting, and Filmmaking in America since 1941

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