Identify these sets from the rear

[old_tv_nut]

Press release picture from the Henry Ford museum, captioned:

"Dancers from the Moiseyev Dance Company of Russia are fascinated by a display in the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich., which enables visitors to see themselves on television. Specializing in folk dance, the 93-member Russian troupe is on a tour of the United States. The museum display features a new portable camers[sic] devloped by Radio Corporation of America which is connected to a television receiving set. The camera, only 2 1/2 inches high, 3 inches wide and 8 1/4 inches long, permits coverage in close, restricted areas."

The camera is out of the picture, apparently on a tripod of which one leg shows. The two TVs are very likely RCAs, since RCA is the camera maker, and appear to be a Mahogany upright console (I'm guessing the black and white mate to a CTC-5 or CTC-7) and a blond horizontal console, which seems to be connected to rabbit ears rather than the camera. The people seem to be looking at the upright console rather than the blond one.

[Eric H]

RCA for sure, on the blonde set you can make out the Panoramic Speaker logo like the one in this picture, the other set looks like a CTC 7 or 9 and the date of the paperwork is May 1958.
I wonder if that little camera was capable of color? If not then why have a color set?

[MadMan]

If that one is RCA, then both are. The bags stuck to the backs contain papers with the same design.

[old_tv_nut]

In the dark console, the vent holes in the back don't extend as far down as they do on my CTC-5. It also seems a little odd to use a color set to demo a monochrome camera (although people don't always do the logical thing!). Those are the two reasons why I speculated it might be a black and white set with the same cabinet style as a color set.

It would be very strange if RCA allowed a competitor's set in a display with their camera, so I'm not surprised at the brand ID on the blondie.

[old_tv_nut]

An ideas on what the dark panel at the upper right back of the blondie is for?

[benman94]

I'll have to show this to my father. He'd be old enough to remember a TV demo at the Henry Ford in the late 50s or early 60s.

[old_tv_nut]

This (or similar) could be it
Thanks to tvhistory.tv

[Eric H]

I think you may be correct about the darker set being a B&W, I just checked my 21D7487 and it has that triangular cutout in the lower panel.

[radio63]

It sure looks like an all-RCA display. Notice the early Radiolas in the right background. And the "Victrola Phonograph" display book on the left.

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by radio63

It sure looks like an all-RCA display. Notice the early Radiolas in the right background. And the "Victrola Phonograph" display book on the left.

You're right. I didn't pick up on the fact that this whole area seems to be walled off into a special display.