So, got this Emerson (National) for 5 bucks at a thrift store.

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Heck, I should have picked up on that! I knew about National Union but didn't make the connection. NUE owned Emerson/DuMont through the sixties and into the seventies. They built a conglomerate...among other things they owned Eureka vacuum cleaners. No relation to the National Company.

Trivia: In 1970 they closed down their TV plant as they could no longer compete with Japanese imports. They sued "Japan, Inc." for selling sets here below cost in order to cut out competition. As I recall, they eventually won. Anyway, after closing the plant they continued to sell TV sets but they were built by others. Your set is probably a rebadged Admiral.

Sams refers to Howard Sams, publisher of Photofact schematics. An invaluable resource when doing repairs. Your set is covered in volume 1199 and is folder #2 in that set. I probably have a spare, if you need it.

Check out some Look magazines, maybe Life, from around 1971. I recall them having ads for their color consoles around that time.