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Old 03-20-2023, 11:41 AM
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Well, I was right about the logo but not the remote. The handset was a four-button thing that resembled a GE handset of the time rather than a squeaker.

Here is a very poor quality snip of a picture of the handset, from a 1963 ad:



Here is an ad for the set I have, with the logo in question:


The ad copy used here was a real hoot; they made claims like Washington only trusted Philco with the technology used to send astronauts to space. You'd think they single-handedly ran the Apollo program.

The set I have is a Townhouse. It uses all American design; the cabinet, tubes, etc., are all American, right down to the FCC notice molded into the back. The actual components stuffed into the PCBs are mostly European though, as is the tuner. Philco sold other models here during this time, but they were mostly Phlips knock-offs built by contract factories with the Philco logo stuck to the front.
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