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10-20-2017, 09:50 PM
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Yes, it WAS called the "Spectacular"
The 21-CT-55 was, indeed, given a name -- "The Spectacular" -- as seen in this posed shot from the Bloomington, Indiana production line. But no one knows exactly why that name never stuck.
[IMG]  M0962_BOX13_FOLDER15_SPECTACULAR by David Arland, on Flickr[/IMG]At this time, of course, NBC was staging "color spectaculars" to show off color TV to the very, very wealthy who had it at home. I found this shot in the RCA archives at the Indiana Historical Society -- and Ed Reitan and I used it in an ETF Presentation about the first year of color receivers a few years ago. RIP, Ed! -Dave Arland 
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