Article about General Electric 15CL100

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Originally Posted by etype2

For your consideration. Article from Benton Harbor, Michigan, January 25, 1954, more evidence :

Available for immediate delivery when shipment arrives.

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If they weren't selling, they were giving then away: Arthur Godfrey Liquid Lux contest. 10 Admiral 15 inch color consoles. (A similar contest was held for the RCA 21CT55 sponsored by Kraft Parkay margarine.)

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A Google search found a snippet that Admirals production number was 1000 color sets in January, 1954. Also found two classified ads from 1955 of people selling the Admiral 15 inch color set.

I think this proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Admiral was the first consumer color set available. Clearly they did intentionally sell them to consumers, and corporate interests that gave those sets to consumers....Neat!

That is some good research work.