Posts about Technology
Television comes to Danvers June 1949
Who remembers television coming to their home? In June 1949, The Pantagraph reported on the arrival of television to several area commu...
Susan Emrath Computer Pioneer, 1968
In early November 1968, The Pantagraph profiled Susan Emrath, a recent Illinois State University graduate working as a systems engineer...
New Two-Way Radios Bloomington Fire Department, 1953
The BFD tried out its new two-way radio system in late August 1953. Seen here are Fireman Robert Colyer (left) driving the service truc...
Photo of the Week, 99: Calling All Cars! Normal Police Department, 1938
Seen here is Normal Police Chief James Clarence Land in mid-January 1938 with the department's new radio hookup (including the lou...