Grandparents Philco

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by newhallone

She was walking by a bar I think it was in Deforest Wi. Sometime during WWII and saw a flicker in the window. She had heard they had a tv so she peeked in the window to see the new wonder. she said "Oh, so thats tv."

Ok, I have never been clear on this... we have all seen "prewar sets" and "postwar" sets. I believe that no sets were manufactured during WWII, due to material shortages, but did some television broadcasting actually continue during the war years?
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