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Originally Posted by Electronic M
The two earlier sets pictured are Admiral brand (both B&W). The top one I've seen a few admirals with that control panel, the bottom one the 'pencil box' door seems to have the right number of letters (and enough look to be the right letters) to spell Admiral...Zeniths had a similar layout back then, but so did several other brands.
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I'm surprised to see the pencil box door missing so early in the life of the earlier (1950) Admiral... as we find them today, the door is usually gone, but apparently the doors were taken off or broke off when the sets were fairly new.
Intact one from tv history site:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-Admiral-26X56A-16in.jpg
21 (24?) inch admiral, similar to second set pictured:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1953-Admiral-228DX16.JPG
21 inch table model:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1954-Admiral-T2236Z.JPG
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