Was the Tra Vler brand black and white television made by RCA?

See this Ebay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/370934371454?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

My parents bought a 17 inch upright console in the mid-fifties and it was labeled Tra Vler. Never saw a connection to RCA.

Booklet says "Images courtesy of RCA Corp." Doesn't mean they were made by them though.

Booklet says "Images courtesy of RCA Corp." Doesn't mean they were made by them though.
Trav-ler was sold by small dealerships and dollar-down and dollar a week furniture stores. They were about the same caliber as Olympic and the other lower end makes. They also built some private label products.
IIRC, they never built or sold a color set. :no:

Trav-Ler was a budget brand, not made by RCA. Dieseljeep is right.

I only remember some made by Admiral. But this
is Canada, is the logo the same as US ??

73 Zeno:smoke:

Trav-Ler was a budget brand, not made by RCA. Dieseljeep is right.

In the later 50's they bought the left-over inventory when CBS Columbia quit building radios and TV's.
They put a paper sticker over the CBS logo on the back. Heat from the tubes dried out the glue and the label fell off. A decent hand wired AA5. Better than the PC board competition. :yes:

I have a VTVM I got at a hamfest stamped, "Property of Travler Color TV Department," so they at least did some work towards one of their own.

In later years (60s-70s) they sold imported stuff, including some color sets. I've seen some of them while digging through stacks of Photofacts. Always cheap stuff.

And usually a hot chassis too. No matter how big the tv set. Stereos usually cheap too, some hot, 50C5 style amps. .

I have a VTVM I got at a hamfest stamped, "Property of Travler Color TV Department," so they at least did some work towards one of their own.

It puzzled me, when I saw a label on a 1935 Philco radio that stated: Philco Radio and Television Corp. Philco didn't make a television receiver, for sale, until several years later. A few others had the term "Television" in their firms name as well. :scratch2: