Models demonstrating umbrellas under artificial rain on the TV program “Home.” Photograph by Ralph Morse. USA, March 1954.

Models demonstrating umbrellas under artificial rain on the TV program “Home.” Photograph by Ralph Morse. USA, March 1954.

Masked pupils entering a TV studio. Photograph by Yale Joel. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1952.

Masked pupils entering a TV studio. Photograph by Yale Joel. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1952.

A long line of people waiting to see the Ray Hutton Show. Photograph by Ed Clark. Los Angeles, California, May 1951.

A long line of people waiting to see the Ray Hutton Show. Photograph by Ed Clark. Los Angeles, California, May 1951.

Color test girl Ann Palmer at CBS TV City. Photograph by Ralph Crane. Hollywood, California, October 1956.

Color test girl Ann Palmer at CBS TV City. Photograph by Ralph Crane. Hollywood, California, October 1956.

TV personality Dick Clark on his show “American Bandstand.” Photograph by Paul Schutzer. USA, December 1958.

TV personality Dick Clark on his show “American Bandstand.” Photograph by Paul Schutzer. USA, December 1958.