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I last visited The Henry Ford Museum in 1959 and remember that they had a small B&W RCA vidicon camera attached to a 21" B&W television. Allied Radio stocked the camera and control unit at the time. It was the real item in those days. I was really amazed to see something like that in the flesh.
The installations were pretty good. You had to get really close and at an angle to even see the Philips logo. If they had just sanded down the Philips name and painted it flat black, it would not have been visible. On the other hand, the lack of triad phosphor dots was a dead giveaway.
I didn't catch the museum playing any tricks with the automobiles. They were even honest enough to display the car Mrs. Henry Ford drove and it wasn't a Ford. Clara Ford drove a Detroit Electric car, probably because you didn't have to hand crank it.
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