Saw this on Ebay, very nice pictures of a TV shop back in good old 1961:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Negative-B-W-2-5x2-5-Schenectady-NY-Towne-TV-Repair-Store-Hi-Res-1961-39-/261491802923?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item3ce220432b

O wao, is that ever déjà vu. :sing: 'Cept our house brands were RCA and Dumont/Emerson. And the 'paddy wagon' was a '61 Ford Econoline.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.786292,-73.96951,3a,75y,346.34h,75.79t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srzSGOka4ZV60WMaUzuK4tg!2e0

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.786292,-73.96951,3a,75y,346.34h,75.79t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srzSGOka4ZV60WMaUzuK4tg!2e0

Thanks Dave for bringing us up to date. Very nostalgic viewing that small TV shop/store. Not much hype for color tv back then.

-Steve D.

yea I was looking for color anything, but could not see it. I remember there were many small tv shops all over the place in so. FL back when I was a kid. but they have all been bulldozed, at least in the pic the building is still there.

next to the tavern - could have been some swap economy going on there

The boys could pop over to Jim's after work for a cold 807.

I'd bet Jim's TV looked good too!

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.786292,-73.96951,3a,75y,346.34h,75.79t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srzSGOka4ZV60WMaUzuK4tg!2e0

I like the Chev parked across the street!

http://goo.gl/maps/4f0Xj

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There's a Sylvania Dualette in the window!

Yup, better days when programming was a heck of a lot more intelligent and you did not throw away your TV when it broke.

The white Chevy looks like a '63.

The white Chevy looks like a '63.

Yep, a '63 Impala convertible.

Better angle: http://goo.gl/maps/YFDuq

Here's a picture of it with a 63 Chevy Impala hardtop from a similar angle.