Dumont Club 20

[John Marinello]

He had the set up on the 'Bay restored, you could've had 2!

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by John Marinello

He had the set up on the 'Bay restored, you could've had 2!

I'm not even sure where I'm going to fit one! Let alone two. I know Tom did end up selling his in the end, maybe the new owner is a member here and can help with the base.

[John Marinello]

Quote: Here's the same room from the time period. It's too bad the photographer wasn't standing on the other side of the room, maybe the TV would have been in the photo

Actually, if the photographer was standing on the other side of the room, maybe you would see a prewar set. That photo was likely taken near Christmas of 1944.

[Steve D.]

DuMont Club 20 RA-106. Some photos. The base is a short platform with angled legs. Hopefully, someone can supply better photos with dimensions.


-Steve D.

[rca2000]

I like that"Only" $995...at a time when that would probably buy a cheap CAR...

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by rca2000

I like that"Only" $995...at a time when that would probably buy a cheap CAR...

IIRC Crosley Automobiles (yes they made them...They were glorified golf carts IMO) were cheap enough you could have probably bought a Crosley car and Pilot TV-37 for the money...Though the Dumont was probably roomier than the Crosley.

[Tom Albrecht]

Here's the thread on the Club 20 I procured about a year ago. Similar kind of story, although the mansion mine came from is not quite at the same scale as Hudsonview!

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=262402

I restored it and sold it (although I kept the reasonably OK 20BP4 for my RA-101 Westminster, where it is happily residing now). I'll contact the person I sold it to and see if he wants to provide measurements for the base, which the set has. Or he may be willing to post here.

[John Marinello]

Originally Posted by John Marinello

Quote: Here's the same room from the time period. It's too bad the photographer wasn't standing on the other side of the room, maybe the TV would have been in the photo

Actually, if the photographer was standing on the other side of the room, maybe you would see a prewar set. That photo was likely taken near Christmas of 1944.

Anyone else see how I came up with the date estimate on the third photo??

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by John Marinello

Anyone else see how I came up with the date estimate on the third photo??

I assumed that you had estimated the date from the Life magazine covers, but I could be wrong.

jr

[John Marinello]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

I assumed that you had estimated the date from the Life magazine covers, but I could be wrong.

jr

BINGO!

That's Judy Garland on top, 12/11/44
Other issues are 11/20/44, and 12/4/44
And possibly 12/18/44

Could the missing issue of 11/27/44 be laying open on the davenport??
That would make 5 issues in a row.

Oh, and there's also a wreath hanging outside...

[vts1134]

Any one traveling from around NYC west? I had a uShip transport all set for this DuMont, but the shipper went awol and now it's stranded in NY. If any one is making the trip soon and has any room please let me know.

[miniman82]

I have think Tim P is, maybe drop a PM?