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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

The "Steen?" Where did they get that name? I wonder what the other model names were that year, too.

Edit - Wickipedia says "Jan Havickszoon Steen (c. 1626 – buried February 3, 1679) was a Dutch genre painter of the 17th century " - wonder if other models that year were named after painters?

You're search on the name "Steen" led me to investigate the other names in the Zenith catalog. For the longest time, I couldn't understand the meanings of all these names for the TV's. They were always European surnames though.

The mystery has finally been solved. I checked many of the names from the Zenith catalogs and all of the names are indeed well known european painters and artists from about the 17th century. It makes sense why they chose those names considering TV's also produce an image. If I knew anything about european art, perhaps I could have saw a pattern in this long ago...

I noticed that some of the names in the 60's brochures are named after chicago suburbs like "The Lombard", "The Lisle", "The Glen Ellyn" and "The Berwyn" for example. I always thought that was interesting too as that was one obvious pattern I picked up on.

Thanks wayne.