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The Media Equipment Pool

Date
1971
The Media Equipment Pool was funded by the NYSCA to the Rochester Museum and Science Center to establish a pool of equipment to be used by local artists and community organizations. Bonnie Klein, Coordinator of Media Equipment Pool.
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"The Media Equipment Pool." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/media-equipment-pool.

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