What attention to quality there was back then...looks like a very labor-intensive process(not to mention all of the precious materials required)..all to produce a mediocre set
I once found a Hotpoint-brand 50s tv at the curb and it had boards that looked just like this. It had sound and tuner but no video after the detector. I recall trying to probe the circuitry and the traces were beginning to lift. It appeared to be a victim of "running as hot as an oven"...tubes on pcb's is rarely a good build!