RCA factory mystery photo

[dtryon]

Seems ironic kinda that a picture meant to impress us with the then new Color TV's was taken in B&W.

Seems a bit funny to me.

Dennis

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by dtryon

Seems ironic kinda that a picture meant to impress us with the then new Color TV's was taken in B&W.

Seems a bit funny to me.

Dennis

Ironic, but of course it was intended for distribution to newspapers, which did not use color except for ads and the Sunday comics. Sending them a color copy could result in random poor results depending on their process for producing half-tone printing plates, so much better to send them a black and white print in the first place. Plus, the national newswires would be sending via low-quality analog black and white fax.
Many NBC color program press releases consisted of text on a letterhead with a color peacock, possibly with a black and white photo attached.