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Originally Posted by Kamakiri
I'd just like to see more pics of living room setups around a 7" set, which must have been common in the house of 1948.
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As soon as I saw egrand's photo of the 13 people watching the TV set, I suspected this TV was either a 7 or 8 inch Motorola, by the vertical label on the right side of the back, plus the shape of the top vents and a rabbit ears of Motorola design.
To verify this, I pulled up the scans directly from the original photographs that were used to print the pictures on the bottom of page 106 and verified that this is a 1948 7 inch VT71 Motorola in red mahogany (or a slight possibility that this is the similar 1947 set.) There is an unused photograph of the father carrying the set home, that clearly shows the front of the set.
Kamakiri, I don't think you will find a picture of more than 13 people watching a 7 inch set!
With that said, I think the 16 empty beer bottles might have helped many of them see the image more clearly . . . .