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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Have any of us ever talked to someone who was there "back in the day" when color TV first hit the streets in 1953-54 ? A dealer, technician, someone who took the plunge & bought one of these jewels ? Would be interesting to get their perspective on things...-Sandy G.
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In 2004, I was lucky enough to have spoken to a second person who watched the January 1, 1954 Rose Bowl parade. He is A. C. Doernbach, a Philco dealer from New Jersey, and one of the group of invited Philco employees and dealers who gathered at a Philco plant in Philadelphia to witness color-TV history on a single Philco-designed 15-inch color prototype. Unfortunately, he didn’t recall too much more, other than the families were also invited and food was served at the occasion. If you haven’t seen it, here’s a link to my earlier account, including a picture of the Philco color prototype from that time restored by Chuck Azzalina:
http://home.att.net/~pldexnis/tapestry/tapestry.htm