That CRT ain't all THAT bad, IMHO....(grin)

That CRT ain't all THAT bad, IMHO....(grin)

I agree. But that NOS CRT is just beggin for a chance to show its stuff... Pix when the thing is up and running...

Hard to see, but there's a late 50s DuMont in the background.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/Bogframe/TaniSeth.jpg

Boggy, is that you on yer daddy's lap ? (grin) If so, you was a Cuuuute Widdle Boy....Awwwwwwwwww....

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/pehego:42

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/ISXX/N02678.jpg


There's a General Electric model 814, an attractive variation of the common model 810 (and one that never turns up).

I think they're trying to get a good picture on that set :D

What kind of set is that? The metal cap on a wood cabinet is something I've never seen before.

Looks like they're doing a PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation ) stretch. Or maybe a plain old stretch.

Perhaps a Zenith? It somewhat resembles this model, on the 75 years of television site:

Looks like a Zenith to me........ :thmbsp:
Bill Cahill

Looks even more froglike than other Zenith frog-eye sets, with that big goofy mouth below (the speaker grille).

Phil

Man, I thought those chicks were nakie until I blew the thumbnail up. Now I know we are all insane :yes:.

Wishful thinking! haha

Man, I thought those chicks were nakie until I blew the thumbnail up. Now I know we are all insane :yes:.

Actually, I did post this picture as a little joke. I think you may be the sanest one for picking up on it ;)

Here's a photo of my dad, my aunt, and my grandmother during Christmas, 1953. I haven't figured out what model of television they had in this photo as of yet...

Looks like a 21" rectangular Motorola to me.
Or, Mahbe, Crosley.
Bill Cahill

It's a 21" set of some kind-with a tenna-rotor control on top so they could rotate their rooftop antenna.

Here's a photo of my dad, my aunt, and my grandmother during Christmas, 1953. I haven't figured out what model of television they had in this photo as of yet...

I couldn't resist touching it up a little, it didn't help bring out any details on the TV however.

In the early 50s, Philco seemed to be one of the few manufacturers that matched the color of the bezel to the color of the CRT as well as this set is matched, so I am guessing 1952-1953 Philco, but I can't see the knob layout well enough to be sure.
jr

I couldn't resist touching it up a little, it didn't help bring out any details on the TV however.

Thanks! That turned looks a lot better! Actually, I had tried to retouch this in Jasc Paint Shop, but apparently I uploaded the unedited version. I had a hard time getting that "sepia tone" out of there.

Yeah, I've had a hard time finding a match. I think all of these are good suggestions. One thing I find distinctive about that tv, is the narrow board between the speaker grille and the picture frame. Looks like there's two knobs, and it seems like it's dark woodgrain like the rest of the cabinet, but look how narrow it is! I noticed some Sylvania's look like this. I've also seen a few from 1955 ( RCA's perhaps ) or so that look a bit like this, but there's no way considering the photo is an original Kodak print from Jan 3, 1954. ( dated on the back ) My dad was too young to remember, but I'm fairly sure this television had to been purchased within the past year. ( 1953 ) I'll have to dig out a few other photos and scan those in soon, also.

I would rule out Philco, I have a 53 Philco and it looks nothing like this set.

This is indeed a tough one! The control panel is skinny, more like that on a Sylvania set, but the bezel on the "halolight" sets would have been white rather than color matched to the CRT. I found one Sylvania set in an ad that apparently does not have "halolight" ... but it has a planter in the base!

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1952_LIFE_Sylvania_Halolight.jpg

See the "Pierce" model... perhaps they produced a similar set without the planter?

Where was the set purchased? possibly it was a "regional" set that was not sold throughout the country?

jr

I believe another possibility is Westinghouse; I recall one from not long ago that looked similar.

I believe another possibility is Westinghouse; I recall one from not long ago that looked similar.

The Westinghouse "Langdon" in this ad does indeed, look very similar ...but this is a 1955 ad. When did Westinghouse drop the asymmetric large ch knob in the bottom right side layout? Also, the CRT bezel on the "langdon" looks like it is white, rather than color matched to the CRT.:scratch2:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1955-Westinghouse-Brochure.JPG
Earlier Westinghouse control layout here:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1951-Westinghouse-Brochure.jpg
jr

I just found a few more photos, and I think this one may have the shot I've been looking for...

Yeah, it does have a similarity to the Sylvania and Westinghouse sets. I'm still searching for better pictures of some of these models and I've found the selection to be rather limited. In this more recent picture I've posted, you can see the feet at the bottom of the cabinet and after enlarging the picture, I could seem a nameplate or something of the sort at the center of the control panel. Can't make out what it say's. I also was wondering about the selection of televisions in certain regions of the U.S. and in this case, we're talking about South Carolina.

I wish that we could somehow get more detail in the center of the control panel... is that a nameplate? or a pencil box door? or perhaps some small knobs?
If Knobs, this Andrea might not be too far off, but it is a 1955 set (but perhaps their 53-54 sets were similar) :

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1955-Andrea-CV021.JPG

jr

It does bear a resemblance to the Andrea. I couldn't find any pictures of a 1953 model, though. This picture probably doesn't help either, considering that my dad is standing right in front of it! But, I could make out what looks like some sort of grid-like pattern to the control panel... unless, that's just a reflection. It's also notable that the edge of the cabinet is very thin around the picture frame... just barely an inch of wood showing from the front all the way around. Most tv's like this I've seen have leg's at the bottom that are slanted, or curved, or in some way separate from the flow of the cabinet coming down. The legs at the bottom of this one are very flush and simple. I figure once I find a brand that did this, I'll probably be onto something.

Nobody's touching this set without repercussions !

http://www.bobandersen.com/images/photos/d2151.jpg http://www.bobandersen.com/images/photos/d2153.jpg

Is that a booster, rotor control or UHF converter on top of this set :scratch2:

http://www.bobandersen.com/images/photos/img_0073_1274298468.jpg

I ran across that picture with the cat just awhile back somewhere or another. There seems to be a set just like that one for sale in my area... the listing doesn't say, but it looks like an RCA to me.
http://greenville.craigslist.org/atq/1804706000.html

Jeez, and here's another one! It's missing the little pencil box door.
http://greenville.craigslist.org/atq/1851879154.html

See what I have to put up with, guys? I seldom find a pre-1960's television around here, and when I do, $150 seems to be the magic number.

:no:

As far as old photo's that bring the past to life, it doesn't get much better than this! These were actually taken around 1954 and a few years thereafter. It's incredibly uncommon, but pictures taken as color slides were often in amazingly clear quality.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3702/gregtv.jpg

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/9518/zenith.jpg

I found these great photo's at: http://www.lopatka.net/oldendays/index.htm

Kodachrome! They stopped making it in 2009. The world will never be the same. :tears:

John

Yowzah! Nudity warning - not safe for the kiddies :no:

Seriously though - that is a really cool looking set. Is it a DuMont ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nude-Girl-Old-Time-TV-Set-Bunny-Yeager-1950s-/280541538363

It's a Du Mont RA-103D.

But nude isn't lewd.... ;)

It's a Du Mont RA-103D.

But nude isn't lewd.... ;)

Thanks for the info - I need one of those :yes:

Just trying to not to break any forum rules :para:

Well, I reported the lister to ebay.
Bill Cahill :yes:

That Nudie pic has been there for months if not years, it's probably a modern reprint of an old photo.

That Nudie pic has been there for months if not years, it's probably a modern reprint of an old photo.

Yep. If you search eBay for "old tv photo", you'll find lots of pictures that have been listed over and over.

As far as old photo's that bring the past to life, it doesn't get much better than this! These were actually taken around 1954 and a few years thereafter. It's incredibly uncommon, but pictures taken as color slides were often in amazingly clear quality.

I found these great photo's at: http://www.lopatka.net/oldendays/index.htm

Great pictures, I'm almost certain the top set is a Sonora like this one.

Well, I reported the lister to ebay.
Bill Cahill :yes:

I'm pretty sure it's not against their rules. Search for 'vintage nude photo' and you'll find over 5,000 listings. I think you need to verify you age before they show up though.

:eek: :lmao:

Folks, lets leave the nudity to other sites. Thank you

Grumpy

Folks, lets leave the nudity to other sites. Thank you

Grumpy

I agree 100 percent. Nudity does not belong on VK.

However, I did notice that the TV the model is in front of looks like a DuMont (note the continuous tuner dial, which indicates that the set has the DuMont Inputuner), with either a UHF converter or a booster by Regency atop the cabinet.

Cover of the October of 1950 issue of the Brazilian magazine "Revista Monitor de Rádio e Televisão."

[QUOTE=Jeffhs;2979411]I agree 100 percent. Nudity does not belong on VK. QUOTE]

Yes nudity is not even really relevant here historically if you think about it. Even though today television is among today's preferred mediums for private indulgence in pornography, this was not always the case. In the early days of television which we tend to focus on, "blue movies" or "skin flicks" were projected onto a screen in a back room somewhere more often than not. The sixties saw the ruin of our grand old theaters and drive-ins, which often converted to XXX in order to stay in business (for a while).

I think things were better when "adult" material or any hint of it was by and large hidden. It was there if you wanted it, but like feminine itch and male enhancement products, I see no need to advertise on television.:no: Word of mouth (no pun), or unfortunately the Internet, sells these products just fine.:scratch2: It's sort of cool to have old sets and know that none of this modern day sex garbage was not relayed through them. :thmbsp:

I ran a porn on the tv in my avatar and it just didnt seem right heheheehe :)

I agree 100 percent. Nudity does not belong on VK.

Yes nudity is not even really relevant here historically if you think about it. Even though today television is among today's preferred mediums for private indulgence in pornography, this was not always the case. In the early days of television which we tend to focus on, "blue movies" or "skin flicks" were projected onto a screen in a back room somewhere more often than not. The sixties saw the ruin of our grand old theaters and drive-ins, which often converted to XXX in order to stay in business (for a while).

I think things were better when "adult" material or any hint of it was by and large hidden. It was there if you wanted it, but like feminine itch and male enhancement products, I see no need to advertise on television.:no: Word of mouth (no pun), or unfortunately the Internet, sells these products just fine.:scratch2: It's sort of cool to have old sets and know that none of this modern day sex garbage was not relayed through them. :thmbsp:

I agree that VK isn't for nudity. But I don't find it offensive either. As I recall the post that initiated this discussion was about the identity of a TV, possibly a DuMont. There was no posting of a nude, only a warning that the link would take you to a photograph of a TV, that contained nudity.

Although I used to think TV in the late forties to early fifties was rather puritanical; after watching "Topper" episodes I was surprised to see how riské
they are.

John

I found this picture of a soda fountain circa 1950 over on the Shorpy (http://www.shorpy.com/node/3867) site. Above the counter is a brand spankin' new Philco 50T-1403...painted white??

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9274/johnny20cashbella.jpg

There's an interesting little set in the background of this picture of Johnny Cash.

Found a few more photos from the family album, here my grandma next to her Stromberg Carlson TV set. I remember that this set had two bands, channels 2-6 and the other 7-13, and it was continous tuning in those bands.

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=172807&stc=1&d=1325982366http://www.videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=172806&stc=1&d=1325982366

The B&W photo is dated Xmas 1959, the color photo 1960 or 61

It is sad that the majority of pics in this topic were lost.

Anyway, here is a picture that a guy sent me by email some time ago. It is him sometime in the late 60's with a Invictus TV set on top a record player. I have a TV of this same model and he was trying to persuade me to sell it to him, because he wanted to recreate this photo.

Here's a great one in 3-D! To see it in depth, just slightly cross your eyes until you see THREE images. Concentrate and focus on the middle image and it should pop into depth.

On the slide mount is written, "Sis. Taken Christmas week, 1956," it is a wonderful 1950s tableau with the "roundie" television and plastic cover over the chair. Since there is light coming through the window, it's not late enough for primetime, so the program of children dressed in their best (probably singing Christmas songs), is likely to be a local broadcast. Not only a great slice of Americana, but an impressive (or lucky) exposure on ASA 10 Kodachrome.

Fun stuff! Tip: once you are focused on the center 3D image, you can move your hands up like blinders to block the left and right peripheral images.

Great! I used to do the cross-eyed 3-D thing, can still do it. Kinda headachey though, if you do it too long. Our mammas used to tell us not to cross our eyes, they'd get stuck that way! Or put beans up our nose.

That is nice to see. I tried looking at it "wall-eyed" (the opposite of cross-eyed; basically, letting your eyes drift the other direction as if focusing on a distant object), and the 3-D effect did not work. It probably would if I copied and edited the picture to reverse the two halves.

I have a few TVs in 3D here http://www.wa2ise.com/3d.html and a whole bunch of radios. Sometimes someone on ebay will take multiple pictures, and create a pair that can be made to do 3D.

"It's not working for me" LOL

Actually it worked great, my eyes do hurt a little though.
If you wear glasses it might work better if you take them off, did for me anyhow.

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=175321&stc=1&d=1341613561

This is just the picture, not the whole ad:

Doncha just LOVE how stuffy, formal 1950s types in dresses 'n' suits are lotsa times splayed out all over the floor like last week's wash when watchin' a TeeVee in an ad ?!? TV watching was OBVIOUSLY subversive...Hell, next thing you know, men will take off their suit jackets 'n' ties (Gasp !) & WOMEN will start wearin' PANTS !! (The HORROR...) (grin)

Not a black and white TV, but to "me" it's MY old TV and loved it till I killed it (I was a curious kid when I was young and sadly didn't know any better).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Evilweredragon/IMG_0427.jpg
(I took that picture.. As a kid I was in love with this set, even taking pics of it while playing the NES game World Class Track Meet - When it was new!!)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Evilweredragon/YOU.jpg
Yes, that's me.. Ironically I work for one of the companies that has it's stocks shown on that TV.

A couple weeks after I scored an Admiral 4H15, I stumbled across this photo on Ebay :)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7848452488_54fb375013.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/7848452488/)

Two pictures of a woman with her TV set, I believe the photo with the set turned on was taken in the early 60's and the other in the late 50's. I suspect the TV is a Philco:

One from the 60's shows a Philips set. The other is obviously from the 50's, with a TV that I couldn't identify:

resembles a Capehart we used to have. It was the first TV I remember seeing.

My mother and father (on floor), each with their first sets. Nice Emerson radio on top on my Dad's set.

Cool photos, Al. Your mom's family must have been doing OK if they could afford a DuMont :yes:

-Clark

That radio in the color photo is desireable, too. A friend of mine has one of those. Great pictures.

Cool photos, Al. Your mom's family must have been doing OK if they could afford a DuMont :yes:

-Clark

Ha! My Mom's family is Italian, and was living in Northern NJ (right outside NYC) back in the good, old days. Her father, and his brothers were - how do I put this? . . . AH!!! Worked in the "Waste Management" business. :bash:

Well, he really worked for Ballentine and Pabst breweries in Newark, NJ - long gone now. He did Union "stuff." We never KNEW for sure, but in the 50's\60's when you had nice stuff like that and did not even have a high school education - I mean . . . come on! "It fell off the back of a truck!"

That radio in the color photo is desireable, too. A friend of mine has one of those. Great pictures.

That radio is an Emerson 520, right? I am on the hunt for one. Seen a few on eBay unrestored going for $200 +

My father thinks his brother still has their original one.

I'm kind of curious about what kind of set is in this picture of my mom from May 1961. The other pic is of me, probably in 1985, in front of what I believe was a 1981 Sony Trinitron console. This set was passed on to my grandmother and used until the CRT went weak and was junked in 1999 by yours truly to make it easier to get to the dumpster.

That's definitely a General Electric set in the 1961 pic; I'd say circa 1954. Let me see if I can find an exact match....

I'm kind of curious about what kind of set is in this picture of my mom from May 1961. The other pic is of me, probably in 1985, in front of what I believe was a 1981 Sony Trinitron console. This set was passed on to my grandmother and used until the CRT went weak and was junked in 1999 by yours truly to make it easier to get to the dumpster.

That was one big SONY for back in the day. Way too cool.

That was one big SONY for back in the day. Way too cool.

Yes indeedy...and that KV2601 was a lot heavier than the RCA, GE and Mags I delivered, drooled over and set up in those days.:thmbsp:

Yes indeedy...and that KV2601 was a lot heavier than the RCA, GE and Mags I delivered, drooled over and set up in those days.:thmbsp:
Solid wood cabinet maybe? My 1989 Panasonic console has one, and it's rather difficult to even push along laminate flooring. If I recall correctly, that Sony had glass set into the top as well.

Found a few more old family photos with sets in them. The one picture is from a slide and backwards (RCA CTC-12 color). In my Grandfather's house (father's side of the family). My mother remembers watching the Moon Landing in '69 at my father's parent's house on this set, while my grandfather was trying to record it on his 8MM camera. He wanted to get a movie of it b/c my father was in Vietnam at the time.

Second is a DuMont RA-103 in my Grandfather's office. "Grandma!!!! get out of the way so we can see the TV!!!" Ha!

reversed

Yes indeedy...and that KV2601 was a lot heavier than the RCA, GE and Mags I delivered, drooled over and set up in those days.:thmbsp:

And they had one of the SHITTIEST tubes in them n HISTORY. Maybe even a 23EGP22 was better (at lifespan, that is.) The 91-99 Zenith tubes WERE worse, though.


One would be HARD pressed to find one today---with a good tube.

I found this picture of a soda fountain circa 1950 over on the Shorpy (http://www.shorpy.com/node/3867) site. Above the counter is a brand spankin' new Philco 50T-1403...painted white??


Looks to have A/C over the door too. Not that common then. A/C was EXPENSIVE in 1950.

That was one big SONY for back in the day. Way too cool.
Yes indeedy...and that KV2601 was a lot heavier than the RCA, GE and Mags I delivered, drooled over and set up in those days.:thmbsp:
And they had one of the SHITTIEST tubes in them n HISTORY. Maybe even a 23EGP22 was better (at lifespan, that is.) The 91-99 Zenith tubes WERE worse, though.


One would be HARD pressed to find one today---with a good tube.
I wish I knew exactly what model it was, but it wasn't necessarily a KV-2601, the KV-2648R I just found out is identical in appearance. I wonder if the CRT in the latter is any better...

Nice picture of a porthole in this blog - this family seemed to like Zenith, look:

https://cariocadorio.wordpress.com/tag/tv/

Me at my "work bench" 50 years ago!

Peter

This one arrived to me today.

Easy enough to see "Zenith" on that one; 1952 model or thereabouts?

Easy enough to see "Zenith" on that one; 1952 model or thereabouts?

But what could be that beauty sitting under the Zenith?

.

But what could be that beauty sitting under the Zenith?

.

Could be a DuMonster!:thmbsp:

It was staged, but it is still scary!!!!

Pretty hard for that to fall into the water. Doesn't even look like it was on, probably not plugged in either. At least it wasn't a toaster.

Oh you mean the TV. I'm thinking if she's holding a glass in the pool that is very dangerous. Hopefully it's plastic.

-Steve D.

I wonder if she'll get in trouble for taking her chair into the pool?

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There is a picture I have seen (that was maybe even posted in this topic!), that shows a person watching a Sentinel 400TV 7-inch portable set-on the edge of a bathtub!

There is a picture I have seen (that was maybe even posted in this topic!), that shows a person watching a Sentinel 400TV 7-inch portable set-on the edge of a bathtub!

Maybe that is also Egrand's avatar. Good one:D!

Maybe that is also Egrand's avatar. Good one:D!
Nope, that TV was a run-of-the-mill upright 50s console that was well away from the tub.

Maybe that is also Egrand's avatar. Good one:D!

That's the name that I remember as well, but I just found some of his posts and there is *no* avatar showing at all. He hasn't posted for over a month, hope he is ok!

jr

One of the guys here on board ship had this magnet on his cabin door...

"Our first TV set" and the name of the man and wife is written on the back of this photo that arrived to me a few days ago.

It was staged, but it is still scary!!!!Ah, yes, the poolside TV. They delivered mine the same day that my jetpack arrived in the mail.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

http://antiqueradio.org/art/temp/RadioTelevisionNewsJuly1950Cover.jpg

Nice magazine cover, although irrealistic - who would drag a heavy console TV like that to the side of a pool... and there would always be the risk of splashing water on the TV, damaging components...

And obviously NOT part of the "working class", either...

Outdoor tv sets DO exist, though VERY expensive..LCD sets made for use outdoors and fully protected against the elements.

When I first saw that magazine cover, I scoffed, because no 1950 TV that I've ever seen would be viewable in full sunlight. The daylight would wash out the picture. The accompanying article says that there really were a few such TVs, although they may not have been available to the general public. A "prominent movie star" asked H.L. Hoffman, president of the Los Angeles Hoffman radio/TV company, for a set that he could watch at poolside. Hoffman provided a modified model 947 with a "black-faced picture tube" that was angled slightly downward to reduce glare. The article says that a similar set was installed "near" the pool at the Beverly-Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, and perhaps at other area hotels.

The TV picture in the magazine cover looks faked to me (of course, that would not be terribly unusual, even for an indoor shot of a TV playing). There is a similar black and white photo accompanying the article inside the magazine. It shows the same TV and the same three women, but in that shot, the TV screen is completely washed out from direct sunlight.

I don't doubt that these TVs existed -- at least, for a few of the rich & famous -- but I'll bet they looked a lot better in shade than full sun.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

This 1990s music 'Deco Noir' inspired music video features the lead singer in what appears to be a full fledged TV/Radio repair shop, clock radios, TVs, CRTs and parts. I was tickled to find this by accident. Worth a look! Jump to 1:45 for the meat.

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=184680&stc=1&d=1414108219

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s

I found this photo on the Best Buy website today while shopping for speakers for my GE 7700 amp. Believe me... it got my attention... to go to a Best Buy site and find a cool looking old set! It kinda looks like one of those cool General Electric 21" sets that would have the big-ass speaker.

Anyway, the Magnolia Company sound like a store. Anyone here ever shop there? From their page... http://www.magnoliaav.com/about-us/history

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=184778&stc=1&d=1415223758

Cool picture!

This 1990s music 'Deco Noir' inspired music video features the lead singer in what appears to be a full fledged TV/Radio repair shop, clock radios, TVs, CRTs and parts. I was tickled to find this by accident. Worth a look! Jump to 1:45 for the meat.

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=184680&stc=1&d=1414108219

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s


Since this song is at LEAST 20 years old now...I wonder if that shop still exists--or if it has gone into the "history books". I saw a couple of sets I recognized in the video--including what looked to be a 9-186 style Zenith set form the 1980's--and maybe a sharp linytron set too.

Charlie Trahan:

Yes I have shopped in Magnolia HiFi many times, being a Seattle native.

I bought several things there including my first CD player , a Yamaha in the 80s. Great store. Hi priced, but worth it. My CD player died about 2 weeks after warranty, and they fixed it anyway.

Even though the stand alone stores are mostly gone, the same attitude lives on, via Best Buy .

TV set in President Truman's Oval Office (look to the right side of the picture):
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=185016&stc=1&d=1418005268

Since this song is at LEAST 20 years old now...I wonder if that shop still exists--or if it has gone into the "history books".

I doubt it's still there. It would be hard to run a lucrative TV repair shop these days. I do believe that one of the many that were once in my area is still in existance, but they have been there for decades. I'm sure the owner just keeps it open for something to do instead of watching grass grow on a porch.

They still have a probably 70s Sylvania sign on the front of the place. That's cool. I remember going there probably close to 20 years ago to ask if they had any old sets sitting around and got a story that I have heard too many times of the truckloads of 40s-50s sets that they "hauled off." :tears:

what is that truman has ? not a motorola ? not a dumont ? not rca ?

what is that truman has ? not a motorola ? not a dumont ? not rca ?

Dumont. http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=151231

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k420/mrphilco/Kansas%20City%20and%20Independence/dumont.jpg

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thanks now you can see what it is and by the knobs you an tell its a dumont.
if this is indeed the one that was in his office you think there very little hours on it ?

I couldn't find a tv in the Oval Office for the Eisenhower presidency. However it is documented that David Sarnoff of RCA presented Ike w/an RCA Model 5 prototype color receiver. Perhaps for the living quarters in the White House.

Here is the oval office TV for JFK. An RCA full door color roundie combo. On the right w/the ship model on top.

And for Lyndon Johnson's Oval Office, a 3 screen set up in a custom cabinet.
I assume to view the 3 major networks at the time.

This is supposed to be a picture of nixon watching the moon landing , is that a roundie color set ?

This is supposed to be a picture of nixon watching the moon landing , is that a roundie color set ?

Hard to tell, but I doubt it as Johnson's shot had a pretty up to date set up. Nixon shots are going to be well into the era of the ugly rectangle. Sorry, not ugly I guess but maybe common would be a better description to use. That style stuck around for years and years and simply never interested me like the older stuff.

Looks like the photo is reversed. And the TV was brought in as a temporary setup.

-Steve D.

Looks like the photo is reversed. And the TV was brought in as a temporary setup.Much better!

A few gems in here.

http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/slideshow-people-next-to-their-televisions.html

Jeff Martin
Chicago, IL

Emmett Till next to a TV set
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=185076&stc=1&d=1418846656

A few gems in here.

http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/slideshow-people-next-to-their-televisions.html

Jeff Martin
Chicago, IL

Nice pics, thanks for posting it!

And for Lyndon Johnson's Oval Office, a 3 screen set up in a custom cabinet.
I assume to view the 3 major networks at the time.

That 3rd TV on the right under the "running man" statue is showing newsman Edwin Newman. The set must be tuned to NBC, as Newman worked there 1961-1984. Here's a period pic of Edwin Newman on NBC,

Emmett Till's set is a 21" Philco, ca 1952.

This ebay photo from Chicago, what kind of TV is depicted on the poster on the left? A prewar Dumont or a more modern 1950s set?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Black-White-Snapshot-Photograph-WGN-Chicago-TV-Station-1940s-L2-/371212587193

This ebay photo from Chicago, what kind of TV is depicted on the poster on the left? A prewar Dumont or a more modern 1950s set?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Black-White-Snapshot-Photograph-WGN-Chicago-TV-Station-1940s-L2-/371212587193Probably a more modern DuMont, as Rocky King (1950-1954) and Front Page Detective (1951-1953) were both 1950's DuMont network programs. I can't see why they'd showcase an older set. More likely they displayed the newest set available to increase sales. Can't be 1940's as the seller labeled it.

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That's my mom on the couch. I think this was Christmas 1958, probably mom and dads first or second year in their new house. Apparently the film didn't get developed until the next summer. Anyone recognize the TV model?

http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/Kuehn/Mom%20with%20TV%20Xmas/mom-02_zps6726da65.jpg?t=1419135009

that is a zenith , around the 53 era give or take a year

Yeah, I figured it might of been a K1820 Norfolk. My folks must have picked it up used. I have no recollectoin of ever watching it, but I didn't come on the scene until 5 years later. :)

Looks like the Zenith 19L26 in this thread over at A.R.F.
Bezel looks a little different though.

http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/download/file.php?id=95761

http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/download/file.php?id=95761

Looks like a 17" 1953 Zenith table model....I've got it's 21" big brother.

EDIT: I should have refreshed the page before commenting y'all nailed it while I was lazing about.

Okay, i'm confused, the same set I mentioned above on A.R.F. is listed here on VK as a L1820R. Anyway, that set in the picture's a Zenith for sure.

Family photos are more or less commom, but photos taken inside stores are really rare, at least where I live. That is why I am still in love with this picture that I found today on a Facebook group. It was taken in 1955 or 1956, inside the "Pirani" appliance store ( long out of business ), the table TVs are the first Brazilian made Philips. The TV-radio-phono combo on the right is probably a Philco.

Great photo. Looks like Philips was flooding the market with these first Brazilian entry level table models. I wonder how many customers were "sold up" to more expensive models?

-Steve D.

Ooohh, neat!! Got any more photos??

I wonder how many customers were "sold up" to more expensive models?

-Steve D.

Not many I imagine from my experience collecting TVs... TVs from expensive brands like Zenith or RCA are not common here, on the other hand it's not difficult to see Admirals or Brazilian-made Philcos. TV here began in 1950, so TVs from the early 50's are not common, what is surfacing more are late 50's sets, we see many 21 inch Philips and Philcos.

Ooohh, neat!! Got any more photos??

No more photos, unfortunately. Photos from that era taken inside stores are scarce, I don't know why, I don't know if people simply didn't use to take pictures inside those shops or if these kind of pictures were destroyed or if they do exist but are still hidden away with the descendants of the original owners of those stores. Keep in mind that most of those TVs and appliance stores are long gone. I believe that if they were still in business we would see those kinds of pictures more often, because they would like to celebrate their history.

Family photos of TV sets, taken inside people's living rooms are another matter, they do surface, I have been able to buy some and even posted them here on this thread.

... Photos from that era taken inside stores are scarce...

This is a photo of a store in NJ USA, about 2 eras later.
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=186903&stc=1&d=1432503332
This was in the local paper.

This is a photo of a store in NJ USA, about 2 eras later.
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This was in the local paper.

The picture is not appearing.

The picture is not appearing.Is for me.

I posted this picture in this thread http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=264343 and the picture file is on the videokarma server, so it should appear. If not, take a look at that thread.

Strange thing, it's not appearing for me in both threads. Must be something with the Internet on the part of the world I am in.

Strange thing, it's not appearing for me in both threads. Must be something with the Internet on the part of the world I am in.

As far as I know (which doesn't say much!) Brazil has a First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press and such, in the USA we just call it our First Amendment rights, as this stuff is an amendment (1st one) to our constitution), so it's not like China censoring the picture. Try clearing your cache, or restart Firefox, or reboot the PC.

You'll be underwhelmed once you do see the picture... :D

The picture didn''t appear for me either then I noticed that I wasn't logged in. Logging in fixed it for me. Funny I could see Captain Video's picture but not wa2ise's picture as a guest user.

Saw the picture, finally. It is from the 70's right? It is just the picture, or was that store really small?

It is not my favorite period ( I really love TV sets from the 50's ), but I do collect 70's TV sets as well, because they are parts of History too, and need to be preserved.

Saw the picture, finally. It is from the 70's right? It is just the picture, or was that store really small?


It was a small store. About 4 to 5 meters wide, and something like 4 times as deep. My family usually got our appliances from the big box stores, lower prices. These small stores are very rare today.

This is an unusual pic I think. It shows the inside of a store that sold TVs, radios AND cars... Brazil, early 1960's - the TVs were of the Brazilian brand "SEMP" :

Great picture I drove those Dauphines in high school

Unknown TV/appliance store 1964. Several RCA roundies in the mix.

-Steve D.

This is an unusual pic I think. It shows the inside of a store that sold TVs, radios AND cars... Brazil, early 1960's - the TVs were of the Brazilian brand "SEMP" :

Semp Toshiba is today a major Brazilian manufacturer of electronics. Known for high end "notebook" computers.

Great picture I drove those Dauphines in high school

I'm wondering if any Dauphines might still be running after all these years. I understand they were a bit "flimsy", and were quick to rust out. Nice looking little cars, though, IMO.
Kevin

Semp Toshiba is today a major Brazilian manufacturer of electronics. Known for high end "notebook" computers.

Yeah, the ONLY native manufacturer of electronics from the vacuum tube era that survived in this country. All the others disappeared in the 70's thanks to the government's clumsy decision of forcefully initiate color TV in a moment where the native factories were not ready for it. It was tragic, in 1956 80% of the TV set market was in the hands of those brands, by 1976 they were almost all out of business.

Brazilian comedian and singer Moacir Franco, in 1964, with a GE set:

I found two really cool pictures of Bettie Page with TV sets, but is it allowed to post those kinda risqué pictures in here?

As long as she's not actually naked I don't see why not.

Ok, here they are:

I was searching americanradiohistory.com and found this picture of eight new TVs for 1947. Who out there has all eight sets in their collection? I only have 3 of them: Viewtone, Dumont 102 Clifton, and RCA.

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-Tele-Tech-IDX/IDX/40s/Tele-Tech-1947-08-OCR_-Page-0099.pdf

I was searching americanradiohistory.com and found this picture of eight new TVs for 1947. Who out there has all eight sets in their collection? I only have 3 of them: Viewtone, Dumont 102 Clifton, and RCA.

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-Tele-Tech-IDX/IDX/40s/Tele-Tech-1947-08-OCR_-Page-0099.pdf
Great photo of some of the earliest post-war TV offerings.
The most desirable one there, although a real bare-bones cheap set, is the Viewtone on the far right. Easily valued in the low thousands. Just a few of them are known to exist. The next rare one is the Remington console. It's hard to see in the pic, but it's a very impressive, high-quality pre-war-looking console. I recall hearing of one in existence in all my years. The angled-front Dumont console is very pre-war-like too and quite rare and unusual. Lastly, the Stewart-Warner console is one of the more uncommon of the small early console TV's.

A fellow collector had the actual magazine and sent me a better scan of the picture.

Other than the 630TS pretty much all of those sets are exceedingly rare today.
I've never even heard of a Remington or a Telicon TV.

Was the Remington any relation to Remington Rand? or the Firearms company?

The Rembrant is the only Remington TV that I have seen

The ETF museum has both a Rembrant tabletop and Telicon Projection set.

http://www.earlytelevision.org/rembrandt_1950.html

http://www.earlytelevision.org/telicon.html

Great photo of some of the earliest post-war TV offerings.
The most desirable one there, although a real bare-bones cheap set, is the Viewtone on the far right. Easily valued in the low thousands. Just a few of them are known to exist. The next rare one is the Remington console. It's hard to see in the pic, but it's a very impressive, high-quality pre-war-looking console. I recall hearing of one in existence in all my years. The angled-front Dumont console is very pre-war-like too and quite rare and unusual. Lastly, the Stewart-Warner console is one of the more uncommon of the small early console TV's.
I was surprised to see that the Stewart-Warner is a rebadged GE 801 or similar. That was before S-W built their own sets. :scratch2:

I was surprised to see that the Stewart-Warner is a rebadged GE 801 or similar. That was before S-W built their own sets. :scratch2:

1947 Stewart Warner rebadged 1947 GE 801. Anyone have schematics to compare?


-Steve D.

1947 Stewart Warner rebadged 1947 GE 801. Anyone have schematics to compare?


-Steve D.
I'm thinking the Stewart Warner looks similar to GE, but is a different set, not a rebadged one, but I'm not sure.
I actually only recall seeing one of these sets unearthed a few years ago. Definitely uncommon.

PS -
Remington Radio Corporation (no connection with Remington firearms) was based out of 80 Main Street, White Plains, NY, and appeared to install Dumont chassis' into high-end tabletop and console cabinets. They called their sets a "Rembrandt - master in the art of television". Tabletops were pricey at $495 and consoles at $895. They appear to have been into TV production at least up to 1950.

This Television was on a recent TV show "DC Legends" where they go back to 1958. Originally I though it was a 1949 Teletone TV-149. Is this TV just a prop or real TV?

Doesn't make sense to build props when they can buy or rent TVs from collectors.

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This Television was on a recent TV show "DC Legends" where they go back to 1958. Originally I though it was a 1949 Teletone TV-149. Is this TV just a prop or real TV?

That's a real set, an Olympic TV922 to be exact, though I'm sure it has a modern set inside for filming, for that reason I'd rather they built props instead of ruining real sets.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/images/radio/olympic_radio/tv_922_2_tube_tuner_1339749.jpg

Lightened up the off screen image a bit. Eric H. good call on the Olympic.

-Steve D.

That's a real set, an Olympic TV922 to be exact, though I'm sure it has a modern set inside for filming, for that reason I'd rather they built props instead of ruining real sets.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/images/radio/olympic_radio/tv_922_2_tube_tuner_1339749.jpg


You would not absolutely need to destroy the set to fit a modern set inside...On most sets it would be feasible to remove the CRT and tape a flat-screen behind the mask (reinstalling the chassis so the knobs have mounts), or just tape a green screen (although I think tech has moved past the need for green) over the front of the CRT and use effects in post production to achieve the image.

This Television was on a recent TV show "DC Legends" where they go back to 1958. Originally I though it was a 1949 Teletone TV-149. Is this TV just a prop or real TV?
So often a retro-fitted prop set is one of the less-often seen models. Not that it's a very rare set, but that Olympic is not one you see every day and it is/was a real nice '40's model TV. Oh well!

Not a TV but this is a shot of a New York City rooftop circa 1958.

It's a screen shot from the show "Naked City", much of it was filmed on location so this is really what it looked like back then, all those antennas connected to TV sets we would now consider collectible.

I'm sure many people at the time thought this was a blight on the landscape.

Ok, here they are:

Betty Paige and a muntz?

Betty Paige and a muntz?

Which one of the two TVs is a Muntz?

Which one of the two TVs is a Muntz?

Pretty sure the one on the stand is a Raytheon, or at least Raytheon built, the one behind her chair is an Emerson.

The year was 1964 or 1965 and the picture was taken in the heart of downtown here - it is the delivering of electronics and home appliances to the participants of a contest sponsored by a local department store. The TV is a Brazilian brand "Empire" 23 inch set:

A Predicta was the award of this 1960 toothpaste television contest:

Ok, here they are:

Wow, I have a Raytheon like the one pictured on the left (and the pic Eric posted). It's a 17" mid 1950s. Has a green metal cab. I have it in storage with plans to do some restoration pretty soon. It was still working around 10 years ago, but was beginning to need a little tlc with caps etc. I paid $15 for it in 1987.

Is that predicta missing the channel and fine tune knobs?

Is that predicta missing the channel and fine tune knobs?

Yeah, they appear to be missing. Someone probably removed them in order to pull the chassis for repairs.*

* (just a little tongue-in-cheek humor from a Predicta Hoiday owner)

Maybe 1955?

More like 1957.

Judging by the handles it those were the later 1958 version (I own both) with the SS horiz AFC doides, pot for the H-hold, and lighter aluminum construction.

What brand is that?

What brand is that?

It is a Mercury, I know someone who has or at least had one.

Looks to me like a Dumont.
Bill Cahill

What brand is that?

It's a "Brando".:eek:

http://boxcarcabin.com/mercury/mer1.jpg

Never heard of Mercury televisions before, and I thought I knew a lot about old American television sets... always learning something new on this site!

I had one that I sold a few years ago.

Never heard of Mercury televisions before, and I thought I knew a lot about old American television sets... always learning something new on this site!

Old thread here:

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=266083&highlight=brando

jr

It is interesting that there was Philco-Ford, and Mercury (TV and cars), but no Lincoln TVs...:scratch2:

I don't think I've ever seen a TV that actually said Philco-Ford on it. I once had a Philco-Ford refrigerator though.

Mercury televisions were I believe made a company called Pacific Mercury not at all related to Mercury cars. The one I had used the same chassis as a Silvertone.

But then I do have that Delco TV (with the Hallicrafters chassis), and Delco as far as I know otherwise just made car radios for GM.

I don't think I've ever seen a TV that actually said Philco-Ford on it. I once had a Philco-Ford refrigerator though.
Many of the smaller plastic sets had Philco-Ford metallic tags on them.

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It is interesting that there was Philco-Ford, and Mercury (TV and cars), but no Lincoln TVs...:scratch2:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/70/77/1d/70771dfdce16ae5e387f6695f066243d--warna-televisions.jpg

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Here are a couple of shots of a TV with the Mercury Records logo. :D

Aussie, Aussie, oy oy oy! http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hismasters_lincoln_6m_br1_6m.html

This movie was released in 1952.

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=195191&d=1501124580

This movie was released in 1952.

How much ya wanna bet they were watching a Western on that TV? :D

I had one that I sold a few years ago.

Yes! and it's in my TV museum now:banana:

68 years ago mom took this photo with a Kodak Brownie Camera on 620 B&W roll film. I must admit I am not this cute any more.

http://www.antiquetvguy.com/WebPages/TheRestorations/Hallicrafters-820/Images/Hallicrafteers820PhotoPages/820andBobcirca1951PhotoPage.html

The High Noon set is maybe a Packard Bell?

72 years ago today - This television set, retailing for $100, is reportedly the first moderately priced receiver manufactured in quantity. Rose Clare Leonard watches the screen, which reproduces a 5x7 image, as she tunes in at the first public post-war showing at a New York department store, on August 24, 1945. ( Text from a Facebook post ).

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=195412&d=1503639628

My 1969 or 70 RCA.

Found this picture on some negatives I was sorting, it's the only picture of this set that I know of.

The set was won by my Mother in a local Grocery Store Raffle, a timely event since our old GE had died a few months previously.

Not sure what year this was but I look about 14 or 15 so maybe 73-75, the box of Kleenex tells me I was probably dealing with a Cold.

The back is still on the set so it was before the tuner shaft broke off though I don't see the VHF knob in this picture so maybe it was right after it broke but before I removed the back and stuck a knob on the rear of the tuner shaft.
:D

This set was very unreliable, it broke down numerous times but I wish I still had it, it had a good picture for a cheap set.

The picture is faded but it was the Harvest Gold color popular at the time it was made.

I found a similar set on eBay a few years ago but with a woodgrain cabinet and a slightly different tube lineup.

These photos were in a collection of stereo Kodachrome slides I found at an estate sale last year. It looks like the set on the stand is the same one in four of the photos. The furniture moves around, but the curtains are the same.

Homes had such a warm "homey" look to them pre-1955 or so if you notice in the pics. After that they took on that sparse modern colder look.

It's interesting that they placed the telephone on top of the TV in the last photo. It appears it would be a very inconvenient place to have a phone. You're not likely to sit on the radiator to the right while talking on the phone.

It's interesting that they placed the telephone on top of the TV in the last photo. It appears it would be a very inconvenient place to have a phone. You're not likely to sit on the radiator to the right while talking on the phone.
There might have been a chair to right to sit and talk. Likely they probably did not want to miss TV by having to run to another room to answer the phone.

It's interesting that they placed the telephone on top of the TV in the last photo. It appears it would be a very inconvenient place to have a phone. You're not likely to sit on the radiator to the right while talking on the phone.

I remember at one point in time, the phone company owned all the phones, and phone wiring was owned by the phone company and not to be touched. Perhaps that was just where the phone was in that house, and they decided to live with it instead of call for service

they probably put the phone on the tv so they could turn the tv down when the phone rang , plus you had everyone's attention when the phone rang standing in front of the tv.i remember my mom hollering turn the tv down when it rang .

I recognize the first picture as being the game board on the NBC game show Concentration.

The set has me stumped. The front panel hints to Motorola, though I can't imagine them making one with a cabinet like that.

Love stereo slides!

The one on the far right is definitely a Motorola, ca. 1956.

Few years ago I found dumped on the street some old photographic films (circa 1964-1966), some of them containg unseen image of buldings from my area (some of them demolished in 1982, my birthyear). Among them was this (which I'm not sure it was taken in my area, since I found pictures from another city too).
The tv may look ordinary, but in fact it was a roundie with a mask in front.
http://rw6ase.narod.ru/00/twcb_/temp2.html
"Temp" 2, the 1st tv set ever to be sold in Romania (year 1956-1957). Not many where sold (probably less then 10,000) and dumb people dumped them...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2768/4515617578_4b0d7f6606_z.jpg

Thanks - very interesting. Is the sculpture on top possibly a lamp to illuminate the wall behind the TV? Such things were popular in the U.S. in the 1950s.

I think it had a deocrative role. Later it was replaced by peştele de sticlă (the glass fish) put on mileu (doyli, doy). http://www.latrecut.ro/2006/04/peste-de-sticla/
http://www.stirilekanald.ro/adevarul-despre-pestele-de-sticla-de-pe-televizor-sigur-si-tu-il-ai-in-casa-insa-stii-de-unde-vine-17014557

Here it's another picture (bought frome somebody). A kid, dolls and an "Rubin" 102 tv set: http://rw6ase.narod.ru/00/twcb_/rubin102.html
http://oldradio.cz/rubin102.htm
http://proradioantic.ro/index.php?x=item&id_p=224
Now I've noticed that one of the buttons is missing.
These sets where more common. My maternal grandparents had one, my grandfather took in at the countriside at my grandmother's relatives, I tryied to take it back, but I couldn't :(

http://oi68.tinypic.com/21o1q8l.jpg

That's a happy lookin kid!! :) But that previous group looks a little displeased about having their picture taken! :no:

https://static02.nyt.com/images/2016/08/24/us/nf-obits-emmett-till/nf-obits-emmett-till-jumbo.jpg
Emmett Till, in the picture, was the kid who was killed in Mississippi in 1955.

Looks like the TV has a CBS channel 2 on. Likely in Chicago, not Mississippi, if what I find on the 'net is accurate...

The TV looks to be fairly new for 1955, Wonder what make and model it was.

It is a Philco.

Homes had such a warm "homey" look to them pre-1955 or so if you notice in the pics. After that they took on that sparse modern colder look.

The home in the first four pictures does have the "lived-in" look.
The set-top antenna is in several different places in the four pictures. It must've been hard to get decent reception in that location.
I never saw a sofa with that kind of arm, where the cushion was part way under the arm.
The TV, that a good question? It looks like an Admiral, turned upside down.
To me, it could be an East-coast make, Olympic, CBS Columbia!
Not enough of the front is visible.

I never saw a sofa with that kind of arm, where the cushion was part way under the arm.
I thought the same thing when I saw that picture. I also noticed how twisted/warped that cushion was, and wondered if that was caused by the design rather than by regular usage.

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=197389&stc=1&d=1531584871

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Watching Perry Mason Episodes. There are a lot of Radio's,.. TV's and Great old Cars. His main "go to guy" Detective Paul, drives a nice Corvette. This set was spied in The case of the Vagabond Vixen.
tony

Watching Perry Mason Episodes. There are a lot of Radio's,.. TV's and Great old Cars. His main "go to guy" Detective Paul, drives a nice Corvette. This set was spied in The case of the Vagabond Vixen.
tony

17" Zenith circa 1954... Some had a pop up band shell speaker on top.

Perry Mason Season 1 episode 23 "The case of the one-eyed witness". TV shows up at 12:14
Tony

Perry Mason Season 1 episode 23 "The case of the one-eyed witness". TV shows up at 12:14
Tony

Makes sense, Zenith may have been a sponsor.

Perry Mason Season 1 episode 23 "The case of the one-eyed witness". TV shows up at 12:14
Tony

First gen Zenith porthole (48-49 model ) based on the control doors.

https://i.ushipcdn.com/resize.php?path=%2fstatic%2f2bce117f-df9c-408e-9.jpg

I saw this one on eBay. The classic 1948 Admiral 20X122 10" bakelite console:

I saw this one on eBay. The classic 1948 Admiral 20X122 10" bakelite console:
Even compared to that little girl the Admiral is tiny!

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Even compared to that little girl the Admiral is tiny!

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Yes, one of the nicest vintage TV's. I put it in my "if you can have only one" list. A nice looking set and a great performer once restored.
Here's a couple more I've culled from the Net:
A late '40's rare Videodyne, and a Philco 1948 48-1001:

decojoe67,

As I'm app to do, I improved the contrast on the photo on the left. Hope you don't mind.

-Steve D.

WISCOJIM,

As I'm app to do, I improved the contrast on the photo on the left. Hope you don't mind.

-Steve D.Fine with me, that was decojoe67's picture!

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Fine with me, that was decojoe67's picture!

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Fine with me too, although that pic looks a little muddy.
Here's what that Videodyne TV actually looks like in case anyone is curious:

Did anyone figure out what brand set they are watching? I've been searching google images for an hour and come up short.




This movie was released in 1952.

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=195191&d=1501124580

Maybe a 1951 Muntz like this one but the knobs are different?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_Muntz#/media/File:MuntzTV_1951.jpg

Meck made some real plain looking sets like that.

Here's another one from the Net. It looks like a large asymmetrically styled late '40's Silvertone tabletop with an add-on filtering screen placed over the TV screen:

Picture of a Zenith from the movie Green Book.
Tony

Picture of a Zenith from the movie Green Book.

Wow, they actually made the image on the CRT B&W! Attention to detail! :banana:

She was really cute, but no matter how cute I would never allow someone do THAT to one of my sets!!!

Relax..... Tv sets were tough then..... Try that with TODAYS tv sets.. :D

SR

It looks like an Admiral.

I have the same Zenith porthole set shown on the Perry Mason photo; I restored it about 20 years ago. Had to replace 36 black beauties!

Anyone grow up in the 80's remember Information Society? They were popular for the tune "Pure Energy" that featured audio clips of Mr. Spock and Doctor McCoy.

Well, they also had a song called "Repetition". The music video for this song has a pile of TV's in it... even a roundie or two. Have a look...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGp4CEkl7Ns

I actually liked that song. I thought it was cool because I was a big Star Trek TOS fan.

The Philips 1400A she is beside was the first television that my parents bought. I still have the chassis and optics but not the cabinet. The Philips projection system was marketed in the US as Protelgram. Given the apparently high level of lighting in the photo it's surprising that we can actually see an image on the screen.

https://www.maximus-randd.com/uploads/2/4/4/5/24459638/published/protelgram-norelco-1948.jpg

The way they moulded the correction lens is interesting see:
https://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Philips-Technical-Review/40s/Philips-Technical-Review-1947.pdf#page=351

Peter

Thanks. I never knew that the correction plate was made of gelatin.