Just seen a old sales for a 1951 Bowers Tv
17"TV set anyone got one,coz I want one!

We have one, but earlier:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/bowers_tc270-17.html

We have one, but earlier:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/bowers_tc270-17.html
The early TV builders, were like the early radio builders. At least with Bowers, there was a relationship with the product that they were already building.
Three early radio building concerns in Milwaukee, didn't have any connection with the electrical industry.
Nunn-Landon was owned by the Nunn-Bush shoe company.
Thorola was owned by the Thora Cigar firm.
The Yahr-Lange drug distribution firm made receivers and accessories.
Then there was Allen Bradley, Central Radio Lab and Cutler Hammer.

Wow, a TV made in Pretzel City. I'm sure the huge Philco distributor across town played a role in the demise of Bowers. I do remember as a kid, seeing a Bowers Radio
There were three VHF stations available from Philadelphia and one from Lancaster in 1949. The ad claimed it would be adaptable to UHF (possible) and also C O L O R ?

Since this was made in the very town I started collecting, I should really be on the lookout for one.

The Bowers in the 1951 ads posted mentions an RCA-licensed TC270 chassis.

The Bowers in the 1951 ads posted mentions an RCA-licensed TC270 chassis.

And a DuMont made tuner. It sorta sounds like a Frankenvision!