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The John Wanamaker Dept. Store. It invites folks to attend a viewing of their color receivers from various manufacturers. The list includes Zenith which is known to have only provided prototype color sets at this time. Admiral is not on the list. I'm sure these were all demo/prototype sets to peak the public's interest. -Steve D.
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Also posting these 2 ads inviting customers to view Pacific Mercury color receivers
at Los Angeles area stores. #1 is from the Dec-31-53 L.A. Times for the Dorn's Dept. Store showing a broadcast of the 1st color telecast of the Rose Parade from NBC, Jan 1, 1954. Ad #2 is from a March, 1954 So. Ca. newspaper also inviting folks to view a Pacific Mercury prototype color TV at an L.A. area appliance store. The ad also states that production of color tv's will begin as soon as TV stations begin regular color broadcasts. The chassis for this prototype set still survives as seen in the attached photos. -Steve D.
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Possibly Wanamaker was not franchised to sell Admiral? Edit: I didn't see your second posting while typing this. Very interesting information. There was an Admiral set available for the Rose parade in Milwaukee. The thing about the Admiral set is that we have it priced with an announcement on December 30, 1953. We have evidence that the Admiral was added to the 1954 line of televisions in Chicago, Admiral's home base on January 4, 1954. We have a statement in a published book that Admiral sold the set in 1953 so they could take a tax deduction on their color manufacturing facilities. We have evidence that Beacons TV which was an Admiral dealer was indeed offering the Admiral set for sale as early as February 21, 1954. We have evidence that Admiral reduced the price of the Admiral set in April 9, 1954, most likely to match the price of RCA's first color set and also saying this was "the second series of color sets being shipped". We have evidence that a company was offering parts for the new Admiral set and we have evidence of a dealer handout advertisement for the Admiral set. If you read the handout, at the bottom, it talks about the set "for your home". It was written for the consumer. I have seem similar handouts where they were geared to the distributors such as "your customers will appreciate this feature (so and so) .... The author of the book needed to check his sources. If Admiral were audited, they would have to prove a sale(s) in 1953 or that they indeed offered the set for sale in 1953. Lastly Steve, your own words: "Taking Pete Deksnis' argument that RCA produced several thousand CT-100's starting in March, 1954 and were available to distributors & dealers by late April,'54 does not trump the fact that the public could could go into a Westinghouse dealer and purchase a color tv in Feb. 1954." I understand the advertising you found solidified your belief. I have debated why there was not much advertising done for the Admiral above in this thread. If you choose not to believe that Beacons TV was offering the set for sale despite what they said in their ad and call it "hype" I can't defend that. We are friends this is a great debate. I guess this debate will go on. :-) I still believe the Admiral was the first all electronic color set to be offered for sale.
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For your consideration. Article from Benton Harbor, Michigan, January 25, 1954, more evidence :
Available for immediate delivery when shipment arrives. http://www.visions4.net/journal/wp-c...s/IMG_1289.jpg If they weren't selling, they were giving then away: Arthur Godfrey Liquid Lux contest. 10 Admiral 15 inch color consoles. (A similar contest was held for the RCA 21CT55 sponsored by Kraft Parkay margarine.) http://www.visions4.net/journal/wp-c...s/IMG_1301.jpg A Google search found a snippet that Admirals production number was 1000 color sets in January, 1954. Also found two classified ads from 1955 of people selling the Admiral 15 inch color set.
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That is some good research work.
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That settles it for me; I'm sold, Admiral was first, Westinghouse second, GE third, RCA fourth.
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Seems the Benton Harbor TV dealer also had an Admiral demo set. He did offer to order the sets for customers and listed a sale price. So perhaps like Beacon's dept. store he was retailing color TV very early on. I would have to agree that Admiral was the first to offer color tv for public sale. As for the Lux prize giveaway, this was in May 1955. Long after 15" color receivers were obsolete. Seems Admiral had at least 10 of these sets still on hand. Thank you etype 2 for your research. I would like to see the Google snippet on the 1000 set production for the Admiral color sets just for my own records. Also, seems that Lux wasn't the only soap co. that offered 15" color sets as prizes. This from 1954: http://www.earlytelevision.org/fab_contest.html
-Steve D
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Here is the RCA 21CT55 contest promotion in 1955. http://www.visions4.net/journal/wp-c...IMG_1304-1.jpg
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etype2,
Thanks for the Parkay contest photo ad. Very rare promotion for the 21CT55 even if by proxy. -Steve D.
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