Steve,

The previous day on December 31, 1953, the Milwaukee Journal reported that there were at least nine RCA prototype sets in Milwaukee for the Rose Parade color telecast. Four private showings and the one public showing at American Appliance & TV.

Thanks for the Milwaukee Journal article update on the RCA and other manufacturer's prototype color sets in use that day.

-Steve D.

1954 Rose Bowl
 

Can you provide a link to that article from 12/31/53 ?

After re-reading the article, it appears that 6 or 7 were RCA prototypes and possibly 1 Admiral and 1 Philco, but all using the same 15 inch RCA CRT.

You bet. http://www.visions4.net/journal/vintage-rca-color-tv/

Just scroll down a bit.

Ouch. Not for low bandwidth users! A 43.3 MB page?? One image is 28MB alone....
My browser gave me a warning, and timed out loading 3 images, apparently off-site.

Good info though...

The BK free WiFi here handled it pretty well at 54 Mbps, though.

e-type2,

We have communicated privately several times. I just finished reading your most informative site that deals with your color tv collection & experiences. I liked, very much, your conversational style. Your history w/color tv mirrors my own. Spending much time as a youngster in dept. and appliance stores waiting for the, then elusive, color telecasts. Especially enjoyed your tribute to my friend of over 40 years Ed Reitan. We may have discussed Ed's "Worthington" color receiver prior to the auction at this years ETF Convention. I may have mentioned that I was at Ed's apt. after his passing and helped w/ the packing and supervised the crating of several of Ed's sets including the "Worthington." I made absolutely sure the remote stayed in its velvet lined compartment and used masking tape to secure the drawer from opening. I was very relived to see that the set arrived in good condition when I arrived at the museum. So glad it went to a good home and a new owner that appreciates its history. As you mentioned on your site. I never saw the "Worthington" operating while in Ed's possession. Photo, I snapped, of the "Worthington" at Ed's apt. just prior to the shippers crating it.

-Steve D.

Steve,

Thank you your comments about my site and the photo. We appreciate what you did for Ed and your work with the ETF. I'm very glad you took the precautions with the Worthington. I will contact you privately.

If ANYBODY here ever runs across a KV-7010 that has some decals on the side, to wit-"McCallie School/Cadets" PLEASE let me know. that is MY set, I sent it to a fellow in Ohio 10-15 yrs ago to be repaired, & NEVER heard back from him. I even offered to pay him ANYTHING he thought I owed him, would have paid him Bux just to ship the set back to me. My late father bought this set for me in 1969-70 from Hammacher-Schlemmer in New York City. I would LOVE to have it back...

I see from picture the once affluent Teutonia Ave had parking meters!

At some nadir, socialist welfare-magnet Milwaukee had to, at more great expense, tear 'em out!
"Hoist by their own petard"

Milwaukee had a lot of smaller, neighborhood shopping districts and they all had parking meters.
I can name all of them!
Now, the city fathers are blowing all kinds of money on more foolishness. :thumbsdn: