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2020s

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John Kerr: Shifting (video)

2000s-10s

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<img width="125" height="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="Screen Shot 2019-12-15 at 10.44.44 AM" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?zoom=2&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?zoom=3&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 375w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" data-attachment-id="114301" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2007/12/04/video-tour-of-125-western-avenue-2006/screen-shot-2019-12-15-at-10-44-44-am/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?fit=526%2C296&ssl=1" data-orig-size="526,296" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2019-12-15 at 10.44.44 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?fit=320%2C180&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?fit=526%2C296&ssl=1" />

Video Tour of 125 Western Avenue (2006)

1980s-90s

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<img width="125" height="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="Alistair_Cooke,_head-and-shoulders_portrait,_facing_front,_gesturing_with_left_hand,_during_interview,_March_18,_1974" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?zoom=2&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?zoom=3&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 375w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" data-attachment-id="9857" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2015/07/07/henry-becton-alistair-cooke/alistair_cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_march_18_1974-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?fit=1200%2C1813&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,1813" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Alistair_Cooke,_head-and-shoulders_portrait,_facing_front,_gesturing_with_left_hand,_during_interview,_March_18,_1974" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?fit=260%2C393&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Alistair_Cooke_head-and-shoulders_portrait_facing_front_gesturing_with_left_hand_during_interview_March_18_1974.jpg?fit=580%2C876&ssl=1" />

Henry Becton Remembers: Alistair Cooke

1950s-70s

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<img width="300" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4.png?zoom=2&resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4.png?zoom=3&resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="116466" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2022/01/08/zoom-at-50/marco_zoom50th_bg_4/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4.png?fit=1200%2C1032&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,1032" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4.png?fit=600%2C516&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MARCO_Zoom50th_BG_4.png?fit=1000%2C860&ssl=1" />

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