No info but there's my 1959 GE! on the left.

Ge Tv
 

Not only on the left, but also on the right, there's the same model, with the man wearing a dark suit in front of it. That's very nice, I have that same set im my collection. Would be interesting to know if that store sold only brand new TVs or if it also sold used sets, because that model using that type of CRT would be a little outdated by 1963. Unless of course GE kept producing it as a low cost model, with that typically 50's CRT.

Great picture. I love that combo in the foreground. Do those speakers close up to conceal the TV?

As a counterpoint, I offer a photo that's been on my desktop for a while now. Any info on THAT set?

Not off hand, though I took the liberty to fill in the TV screen with the show the cat was likely watching... :D
http://audiokarma.org/forums/attachm...5&d=1168583312

I wonder if its one of those odd ball cheap sets like Pilot, Olympic, Muntz ect...

Thought I would dust off this thread! 8TS30? in a Bar!

polaraman

Looks Like a Zenith Mayflower. I bet EricH is drooling over the furniture in this picture!

polaraman

Nice Vintage shot of two kids infront of a TV. What is it?

polaraman

I got to have that magazine!
 

EXACTLY same RCA portable I have ... I have some numbers of this magazine, ( even number one, from 1947 ) but This one escaped me... guy on an auction gave more money than I could spend I that time...I am still searching for another copy of this number.

Actually I think that's a 630TS!
It has light colored grille cloth the 8-TS has a black wood grille.

I thought it looked like my 630TS as well.

From the family photo album:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...2&d=1187221546 http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...1&d=1187221546
Sometime at Christmas at Grandma's in the 50's and early 60's. I'm pretty sure that the TV set (partially visible in both pictures) was the Setchell-Carlson that had continious tuning channels 2 thru 6 (VHF low) and 7 thru 13 (VHF high). A ring knob was used to select VHF low or high. Not sure why grandma looks unhappy, maybe the TV needed service? :D

HALLICRAFTERS!

Charles

ding ding!




Give the man a kewpie doll! :)

I had these on my computer, but I don't remember where I pulled them from.

Roundie Heaven!

Here is a couple more pics!



polaraman

Wow, that first picture... is that a store or a collection? Anyway, those shelves must be REALLY strong, to suport the weight of all those roundies!

I feel sorry for the guys who had the task of putting those roundies on top of those shelves...

Looks like a Moto!

polaraman

Now THAT was a store! They were certainly very serious about it. To have a time machine...

I don't know where this picture was taken, but it sure looks nice.


Looks like a 1951 GE.

Now if I wanted a PLAIN set that would be the one. I have a couple of early 50's Motorolas. A bit newer than this one. One is also VERY plain, but the bakelite version I have of the same model has a kind of Art Deco very distinct look.

I don't know but I gather that Motorola was kind of a working mans set. Probably low priced with decent durability. Mine do have those darn selenium rectifiers which to me automatically make a set cheaply made. I like my power transformer and a big, fat, 5U4G glowing in the background.

In sets with hollow-state rectifiers Motorola liked a big fat tranny with the 5U4 on top, which looks pretty cool too.

Hmmm. I never cared for the idea of having the 5U4 LV rectifier on top of the power transformer. It may have looked cool and may have worked just as well as the chassis-mounted 5U4s, but there was a drawback: if the rectifier socket went bad (cracked, bad contacts, etc.) you'd have to replace the entire transformer, even if the latter was still good.

As hot as those 5U4s got in the old sets, I don't think the socket lasted all that long either. Also, the few sets I've seen with the transformer-mounted 5U4 socket (pictures only; never saw one up close) only had one 5U4. I have yet to see a TV with two 5U4 sockets atop the transformer. I know some sets used two rectifiers in the low-voltage supply, but the tubes were almost always in chassis-mounted sockets.

I don't doubt a TV repairman told you that once upon a time, but today I think somebody working on a set which needed that done would carefully remove the end bells and spend a little extra time fixing the socket rather than a lot of extra time seeking out a replacement transformer :yes:

Now you have. :yes:
well, sort of.
While these are mounted on the transformer they are not mounted in the end bell but rather on top in a separate metal housing, still the wiring does come out of the top of the transformer and passes through it so I guess it counts.

This is in a Zenith 20X20Q chassis from a 1955 Flashmatic set.

Bettie Page and Old Philco
 

This photo is on eBay, you'll have to search for it yourself if you want to see it uncensored. :D
Looks like a 50-T-1400 Philco?

Hey, is that Betty Page? I think she was HOT!:D

Another vintage shot on Ebay.

polaraman

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Photo-Gi...QQcmdZViewItem

Well! I learned something reading this. :yes: Thanks for the info and picture. I guess even after 35+ years of working with TVs and such, there's always more to learn.

Kind regards,

Anyone recognize this TV?
 

Found these photos in an old family album. Photos were taken(or developed) in 1962. Is that an RCA emblem under the screen? Anyone know the model number?
Jim

Jim:

Are those the same sets? The one on the left looks like it has a different trim around the front of the cabinet. They are indeed RCAs but without being able to see the legs/feet I can not make a positive ID but the one on the left looks like a Model 21-S-521.

Steve

I thought it was the same TV, Never noticed the different trim. Here's the only photo I could find showing the legs.
Jim

Based on that style of leg I believe that it is a 21-S-521 (521U if it had UHF).

Steve

RCA 630 on a magazine cover in 2000
 

This is the cover of a magazine celebratring the 50th aniversary of television in Brazil, on the year 2000. But I strongly suspect that this is an American photo, because a 1947 model most likely WAS NOT sold here in 1950.

Vintage TV set on casters! :D
from http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1958-TEL...QQcmdZViewItem

That set with casters is a Model 21T6227 RCA.

I thought that was an RCA Victor. There was an elaborate filmed advertisement showing all the new models and one of them featured "rubber covered wheels".

Go to www.astorclassics.com and check out the antique TVs and radios that this guys has got.

First two pictures are old amateur TV station pictures I got from ebay last year. I did a search on the web and found the third picture online.

Amateur TV station? What was that? I thought only commercial enterprises received licenses to broadcast TV signals.