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Old 12-09-2015, 08:54 AM
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The color receiver on display was the RCA Victor Model 5 prototype receiver.
This was the last color prototype before the introduction of the RCA CT-100 consumer color set introduced in March, 1954. The 2nd Model 5 in Milwaukee that day was located at the WTMJ studios. Model 5 pictured on left. CT-100 on the right.

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The previous day on December 31, 1953, the Milwaukee Journal reported that there were at least nine RCA prototype sets in Milwaukee for the Rose Parade color telecast. Four private showings and the one public showing at American Appliance & TV.
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Old 12-09-2015, 03:14 PM
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The previous day on December 31, 1953, the Milwaukee Journal reported that there were at least nine RCA prototype sets in Milwaukee for the Rose Parade color telecast. Four private showings and the one public showing at American Appliance & TV.
Thanks for the Milwaukee Journal article update on the RCA and other manufacturer's prototype color sets in use that day.

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Old 12-09-2015, 06:35 PM
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The previous day on December 31, 1953, the Milwaukee Journal reported that there were at least nine RCA prototype sets in Milwaukee for the Rose Parade color telecast. Four private showings and the one public showing at American Appliance & TV.
Can you provide a link to that article from 12/31/53 ?
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Old 12-09-2015, 06:40 PM
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Thanks for the Milwaukee Journal article update on the RCA and other manufacturer's prototype color sets in use that day.

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After re-reading the article, it appears that 6 or 7 were RCA prototypes and possibly 1 Admiral and 1 Philco, but all using the same 15 inch RCA CRT.
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Old 12-09-2015, 06:44 PM
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Can you provide a link to that article from 12/31/53 ?
You bet. http://www.visions4.net/journal/vintage-rca-color-tv/

Just scroll down a bit.
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Old 12-09-2015, 09:48 PM
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Ouch. Not for low bandwidth users! A 43.3 MB page?? One image is 28MB alone....
My browser gave me a warning, and timed out loading 3 images, apparently off-site.

Good info though...
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Old 12-10-2015, 08:08 AM
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The BK free WiFi here handled it pretty well at 54 Mbps, though.
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Old 12-10-2015, 12:26 PM
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We have communicated privately several times. I just finished reading your most informative site that deals with your color tv collection & experiences. I liked, very much, your conversational style. Your history w/color tv mirrors my own. Spending much time as a youngster in dept. and appliance stores waiting for the, then elusive, color telecasts. Especially enjoyed your tribute to my friend of over 40 years Ed Reitan. We may have discussed Ed's "Worthington" color receiver prior to the auction at this years ETF Convention. I may have mentioned that I was at Ed's apt. after his passing and helped w/ the packing and supervised the crating of several of Ed's sets including the "Worthington." I made absolutely sure the remote stayed in its velvet lined compartment and used masking tape to secure the drawer from opening. I was very relived to see that the set arrived in good condition when I arrived at the museum. So glad it went to a good home and a new owner that appreciates its history. As you mentioned on your site. I never saw the "Worthington" operating while in Ed's possession. Photo, I snapped, of the "Worthington" at Ed's apt. just prior to the shippers crating it.

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Old 12-10-2015, 01:20 PM
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We have communicated privately several times. I just finished reading your most informative site that deals with your color tv collection & experiences. I liked, very much, your conversational style. Your history w/color tv mirrors my own. Spending much time as a youngster in dept. and appliance stores waiting for the, then elusive, color telecasts. Especially enjoyed your tribute to my friend of over 40 years Ed Reitan. We may have discussed Ed's "Worthington" color receiver prior to the auction at this years ETF Convention. I may have mentioned that I was at Ed's apt. after his passing and helped w/ the packing and supervised the crating of several of Ed's sets including the "Worthington." I made absolutely sure the remote stayed in its velvet lined compartment and used masking tape to secure the drawer from opening. I was very relived to see that the set arrived in good condition when I arrived at the museum. So glad it went to a good home and a new owner that appreciates its history. As you mentioned on your site. I never saw the "Worthington" operating while in Ed's possession. Photo, I snapped, of the "Worthington" at Ed's apt. just prior to the shippers crating it.

-Steve D.
Steve,

Thank you your comments about my site and the photo. We appreciate what you did for Ed and your work with the ETF. I'm very glad you took the precautions with the Worthington. I will contact you privately.
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Old 12-10-2015, 02:25 PM
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If ANYBODY here ever runs across a KV-7010 that has some decals on the side, to wit-"McCallie School/Cadets" PLEASE let me know. that is MY set, I sent it to a fellow in Ohio 10-15 yrs ago to be repaired, & NEVER heard back from him. I even offered to pay him ANYTHING he thought I owed him, would have paid him Bux just to ship the set back to me. My late father bought this set for me in 1969-70 from Hammacher-Schlemmer in New York City. I would LOVE to have it back...
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Same address looks "slightly" different on the Google Maps street view today
I see from picture the once affluent Teutonia Ave had parking meters!

At some nadir, socialist welfare-magnet Milwaukee had to, at more great expense, tear 'em out!
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I see from picture the once affluent Teutonia Ave had parking meters!

At some nadir, socialist welfare-magnet Milwaukee had to, at more great expense, tear 'em out!
"Hoist by their own petard"
Milwaukee had a lot of smaller, neighborhood shopping districts and they all had parking meters.
I can name all of them!
Now, the city fathers are blowing all kinds of money on more foolishness.
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