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Old 07-13-2018, 04:11 PM
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Emmett Till's family TV set

Emmett Till was the kid who was killed in Mississippi in 1955.

Looks like the TV has a CBS channel 2 on. Likely in Chicago, not Mississippi, if what I find on the 'net is accurate...

The TV looks to be fairly new for 1955, Wonder what make and model it was. Think someone said it was a Philco?
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Old 07-13-2018, 04:35 PM
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Knobs layout lools like dual chassis Philco.
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Old 07-13-2018, 05:01 PM
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Looks very similar to the 1953 Philcos that both my wife and I remember from childhood (which I still have). Both were purchased late in 1952, and had the optional UHF tuner installed in the center. This appears to be a fancy 21" set with doors, but no UHF.

Knob style and layout of wife's set:




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Old 07-13-2018, 06:07 PM
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What a sad sad shame , disgusting really what atrocities the ugly monster known as racism can bring forth .....

Oh , and , I don't see jr_tech's picture , but wa2ise's picture in the first post shows up fine here .
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Old 07-13-2018, 07:14 PM
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What a sad sad shame , disgusting really what atrocities the ugly monster known as racism can bring forth .....

Oh , and , I don't see jr_tech's picture , but wa2ise's picture in the first post shows up fine here .
Does this link work?

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Old 07-13-2018, 09:12 PM
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I see jr_tech's picture and his link works for me. (I'm using chrome)
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Old 07-14-2018, 08:19 AM
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Hi jr , yes indeed that link works fine , and I absolutely LOVE the look of that UHF tuner !!! In all my years I've never seen that before on a split chassis Philco , even though I must have seen 100s of them with the aftermarket "UHF adapter" box sitting on top of the set .

Thank You for sharing that picture .
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Old 07-14-2018, 09:56 AM
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Hi jr , yes indeed that link works fine , and I absolutely LOVE the look of that UHF tuner !!! In all my years I've never seen that before on a split chassis Philco , even though I must have seen 100s of them with the aftermarket "UHF adapter" box sitting on top of the set .

Thank You for sharing that picture .
Milwaukee, being a UHF town early on, There was a lot of Philco's that had the tuner option. They seemed to be a dealer installed option, instead of factory.
It was a two tube unit that received it's operating voltages from the piggy back adaptor that plugged into the audio output tube socket.
It must've been a more expensive option because many of the Philco owner's opted for the set top convertor.
I have a Philco set top convertor in my collection. A wood cabinet with a bit of gold trim.
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