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It sounds like you just busted the plastic locating key on the base of the picture tube. Not really a big deal, and if the neck of the tube is glowing orange, you got the socket back on correctly and the vacuum wasn't released from the tube. The old plastic parts like that tube base tend to get brittle, and you really need to handle these parts with a lot of care.
Post some pics of what you have, along with a model number, and people will gladly help out. There are a LOT of things that will kill the picture on a TV besides a bad picture tube. A 50s set is generally going to need all the paper and electrolytic capacitors replaced simply due to age-related deterioration.
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