Can you ID this RCA B/W set?

[Phil Nelson]

My sister sent me this photo of the two of us in front of the first TV that my Dad got in the 1950s. I'm the dude on the left, with his beloved red straw cowboy hat and probably wearing cowboy boots under his rolled-up jeans.

It's an RCA -- maybe 21-inch? -- in a black metal cube cabinet with a metal swiveling stand. A similar (but not identical) set popped up on eBay this week, hence my interest.

If I knew the model number, it would be fun to watch for one, just for old time's sake. This pic would have been taken in the mid-1950s, perhaps 1954 or 1955? I remember this being a great TV. We watched it daily for a number of years . . . well into the late 1960s, as I recall.

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