Can Anyone ID this TV?

[Robert Grant]

Originally Posted by Indian Head

Hey folks, here's hoping for a great New Year for all!

Going through some vintage stereo slides, we came across this one. So many will prominently feature their television, but in this case, forgive me, I cannot identify the make of this particular set. I've also attached a detail of the crest symbol below the screen.

Thanks for your help!

If you post that picture again as a stereo pair, I'm sure that I'll be able to provide you the make, model number, serial number, date of purchase, and the transconductivity of every tube in it.

Okay, I'm lying. But I just love vintage stereo slides. This one is such a time capsule, the TV, the kids (and what they are wearing), the model train set and the (likely) linoleum floor.

As for stereo slides - I'm going to pick up may latest roll from the lab tomorrow! (None of my own stereo slides are older than December, 1984)

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Robert Grant

If you post that picture again as a stereo pair, I'm sure that I'll be able to provide you the make, model number, serial number, date of purchase, and the transconductivity of every tube in it.

Okay, I'm lying. But I just love vintage stereo slides. This one is such a time capsule, the TV, the kids (and what they are wearing), the model train set and the (likely) linoleum floor.

As for stereo slides - I'm going to pick up may latest roll from the lab tomorrow! (None of my own stereo slides are older than December, 1984)

Do you use the Stereo-Realist camera built in Milwaukee, years ago?
Radio Shack got in a jam for using the Realist name in the late 50's. They had to rename their products "Realistic", as "Realist" was a registered trademark.

[Robert Grant]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Do you use the Stereo-Realist camera built in Milwaukee, years ago?
Radio Shack got in a jam for using the Realist name in the late 50's. They had to rename their products "Realistic", as "Realist" was a registered trademark.

Yes, I use a Realist (f 3.5 model, the far more common and less expensive type) and also have a "spare" Realist 3.5 I got a good deal on later. I have shot 130 rolls of stereo slides since 1984.

The company that built it was the David White Company, a manufacturer of surveyors' instruments (which explains why the Realist is such a heavy and non-streamlined camera). They continued to make cameras into the 1970's, though output from about 1956 to the end was but a trickle compared to their boom years 1952-1954. They also sold (either made or badge-engineered) conventional slide projectors, including the Realist 620 - a very inexpensive model capable of projecting medium format, as well as conventional 35mm slides. They also continued to make the surveyors' gear well after they got out of the photography business.

Very interesting about Radio Shack's Realistic name. I have been through several of those radios as well.

[wa2ise]

Don't know about the TV, but we had floor tile like that in the kitchen. Problem was you couldn't tell if you spilled any chocolate pudding...

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Don't know about the TV, but we had floor tile like that in the kitchen. Problem was you couldn't tell if you spilled any chocolate pudding...

Maybe that was a good thing - and if you had a dog, he could clean it up before you knew.

[old_coot88]

Isn't chocolate bad for dogs?