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Old 01-17-2009, 07:48 PM
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Smile christmas 2007....

this time the picture is from 2007...yes 2007! anyone recognize the model???
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Old 01-17-2009, 07:57 PM
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RCA CTC7? Great picture, it has the aluminum tree and everything appears to look about late 50s - early60s. The guy's house I picked up my Zenith roundie from recently was similar in appearance (all furniture from the same era) - but the big new 40" crt set they got to replace the Zenith looked out of place among all the late 50s stuff.
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Old 01-17-2009, 08:17 PM
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Absolutely awesome!

My breezeway (official retro room) is about 1/10th of the way there (1957 Emerson 24" ash B&W TV, 2 end tables in matching color, and beige rotary dial phone).

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Old 01-17-2009, 08:20 PM
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That picture is groovy man! hard to believe it was taken in '07! I wish I could make my house look like that! That light on the ceiling is far out man.
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Old 01-17-2009, 08:31 PM
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the owner has deliberately created this retro look ..i have asked whether the TV works....
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Old 01-17-2009, 08:52 PM
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Fantastic!

Did you ever see the Formica House at the New York World's Fair?

http://www.nywf64.com/formica09.shtml
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Old 01-17-2009, 09:08 PM
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Talk about Googie....(grin)
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Looks like it may be a "TOWNSEND" 21CD890, CTC-7 early.
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Old 01-18-2009, 09:57 PM
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A Term I've Not Heard in Ages!

"Talk about Googie....(grin)"

That's a word I've not heard/used in awhile!

A couple of years ago, I had to escort a then 25-year-old associate on a business trip out here from the least coast. Given that we had a couple of days of free time before our conference started, I showed her around a bit. Before the trip, she'd not been further west than Indiana. First place I took her when we got to Long Beach? That monument to Googie archetecture... a Norm's Coffee Shop! (For lunch... Alas, our Friday night was spent elsewhere... Friday nights at Norm's are a part of my cherished memories from my teenage days.) I then had to explain what Googie was all about and what it was like growing up in the Southland in the 1960's/1970's as a transplant from the least coast...
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Old 01-19-2009, 06:45 PM
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Looks like it may be a "TOWNSEND" 21CD890, CTC-7 early.
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Good call Kevin and Adam. I have to agree it's the CTC-7 "Townsend."

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Old 01-19-2009, 10:15 PM
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How 'bout some more Googie?

For those with the ability to freeview stereo pairs, or have the proper glasses, here's a 3D blast from the past, Tiny Naylor's in Hollywood:



BTW, that living room in the first post is "swellegant" as Mrs. Indian Head says.
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Folks, I have just been in contact with the owner of this set.. it works perfectly and was found in the basement of her apartment building in NY in 2000 ready to be trashed!!!

Her husband is a vintage electronics fan and has restored it to full working order.
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Old 01-20-2009, 04:07 PM
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Sounds like a very cool couple. Is their whole house done in mid-century modern?
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Old 01-20-2009, 04:56 PM
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the house is indeed full mid 20th century !! and the TV is part of their collection

it is wonderful that the TV is in full working order and that they rescued it and knew what it was when they saw.

what a great story!! I will see if I can get more details... the owner is going to take some more pictures of the set for us
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