Old photos of TV's

[Eric H]

These look more like professional monitors but still cool:

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Originally posted by Rob Flory
Here is a 1944 shot of Grandpa looking at a set he built pre-war. It is displaying a test pattern from W2XWV, DuMont out of NYC. This shot was taken in Princeton, NJ.

Rob, that photo of your Grandpa looks to be a professional picture. The lighting, composition, and the fact that there's a clear screen shot of the TV (an actual live picture with no scan lines) all lead me to believe this.

Did this photo appear in a magazine etc at one time? Or was/is there a professional photographer in the family? Just curious.

Anthony

[Eric H]

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[maxm]

I found this record at a church sale, and had to buy it because of the TV.
I've never seen a set with a tuner like this, there don't seem to be very many CBS sets out there.

If you're intersted, the record is "67 Melody Lane: Ken Griffen at the Wurlitzer Organ - 18 Selections from the Ken Griffen film series, "67 Melody Lane".

[Eric H]

Whoa, how did you tune that thing?
Does the control slide along the bottom there or what??

The tuner does nothing......that set only receives CBS stations!!

Anthony

[maxm]

Here's another, I believe this was my grandma's first TV.
Thats my Mom and her sister setting there.
Don't know the brand of the TV, its long gone, but if you look on the lower shelf in the corner, you will see a little ceramic alligator, which she still has today.

[Sandy G]

Awww, how cute !! Those 2 l'il girls look like angels......Doncha just wish it could be 1955 again, just for a little while ?!? -Sandy G.

[andy]

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[bgadow]

Those consoles just look out of place in the "mansion". He was probably too, eh, busy to worry about that!

Here is a shot from Christmas '75, me on the left, my sister on the right. Thats our old GE color console; I can't remember what make the console stereo on the left is-it was replaced with a Zenith later on.

[Charlie]

WOW look at that RED carpet!!!

[captainmoody]

Here are some pictures I took in the early seventies, The first was when our RCA we purchased in June 1969 had its first failure two years later. Notice the Sony B/W on top! Oh, and the Channel Master antenna rotor control next to it
The other was when we were traveling, I liked this Mag so I took a pic of it!
The next is when we lived in Tucson, It is the hybrid RCA I mentioned earlier (Accucolor) The kid from next door is almost blocking its view!

[Captain Video]

Picture taken in a bakery, on September 18, 1950 - day one of brazilian television. The crowd is watching the inaugural broadcast in an RCA set. Sorry about the small size of the photo.

[Chad Hauris]

Captainmoody thanks for posting the RCA ctc-39. I have the solid-state clone of it but would like to find the tube model someday.

[Eric H]

This gentleman looks rather uncomfortable sitting in front of a Sylvania Halolight?

Maybe his back hurt?

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