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Manual Graphics…1952 Election Coverage At ABC

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Manual Graphics…1952 Election Coverage At ABC

This is a far cry from where we are now, but this is the way it was done back when television was just taking baby steps. The ABC stagehand in the large photo is one of several men behind the big totals board. Each plastic ring has 0 through 9 on it and with the latest vote tabulations called out to them, these men moved the numbers on the board. On this night, Walter Winchell was the network’s television and radio anchor. These photos are more than likely from ABC Studio TV 1. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee



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2 responses to “Manual Graphics…1952 Election Coverage At ABC”

  1. Charlie King

    We had big standing boards that we used film cans to create the wheels in the early 60’s in Amarillo Texas for election results.

  2. Gary Walters

    Any idea who the gentleman is in the large left photo? Just guessing, but it looked like the same individual pulling the curtain behind Anchorman Ron Cochran at the beginning of the ABC JFK coverage 11/22/63.

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