Old photos of TV's

[Bill Cahill]

Well, I reported the lister to ebay.
Bill Cahill

[Eric H]

That Nudie pic has been there for months if not years, it's probably a modern reprint of an old photo.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Eric H

That Nudie pic has been there for months if not years, it's probably a modern reprint of an old photo.

Yep. If you search eBay for "old tv photo", you'll find lots of pictures that have been listed over and over.

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by RitchieMars

As far as old photo's that bring the past to life, it doesn't get much better than this! These were actually taken around 1954 and a few years thereafter. It's incredibly uncommon, but pictures taken as color slides were often in amazingly clear quality.

I found these great photo's at: http://www.lopatka.net/oldendays/index.htm

Great pictures, I'm almost certain the top set is a Sonora like this one.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

Well, I reported the lister to ebay.
Bill Cahill

I'm pretty sure it's not against their rules. Search for 'vintage nude photo' and you'll find over 5,000 listings. I think you need to verify you age before they show up though.

[bandersen]

[grumpy]

Folks, lets leave the nudity to other sites. Thank you

Grumpy

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by grumpy

Folks, lets leave the nudity to other sites. Thank you

Grumpy

I agree 100 percent. Nudity does not belong on VK.

However, I did notice that the TV the model is in front of looks like a DuMont (note the continuous tuner dial, which indicates that the set has the DuMont Inputuner), with either a UHF converter or a booster by Regency atop the cabinet.

[Captain Video]

Cover of the October of 1950 issue of the Brazilian magazine "Revista Monitor de Rádio e Televisão."

[Tubejunke]

[QUOTE=Jeffhs;2979411]I agree 100 percent. Nudity does not belong on VK. QUOTE]

Yes nudity is not even really relevant here historically if you think about it. Even though today television is among today's preferred mediums for private indulgence in pornography, this was not always the case. In the early days of television which we tend to focus on, "blue movies" or "skin flicks" were projected onto a screen in a back room somewhere more often than not. The sixties saw the ruin of our grand old theaters and drive-ins, which often converted to XXX in order to stay in business (for a while).

I think things were better when "adult" material or any hint of it was by and large hidden. It was there if you wanted it, but like feminine itch and male enhancement products, I see no need to advertise on television. Word of mouth (no pun), or unfortunately the Internet, sells these products just fine. It's sort of cool to have old sets and know that none of this modern day sex garbage was not relayed through them.

[Boobtubeman]

I ran a porn on the tv in my avatar and it just didnt seem right heheheehe

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

Yes nudity is not even really relevant here historically if you think about it. Even though today television is among today's preferred mediums for private indulgence in pornography, this was not always the case. In the early days of television which we tend to focus on, "blue movies" or "skin flicks" were projected onto a screen in a back room somewhere more often than not. The sixties saw the ruin of our grand old theaters and drive-ins, which often converted to XXX in order to stay in business (for a while).

I think things were better when "adult" material or any hint of it was by and large hidden. It was there if you wanted it, but like feminine itch and male enhancement products, I see no need to advertise on television. Word of mouth (no pun), or unfortunately the Internet, sells these products just fine. It's sort of cool to have old sets and know that none of this modern day sex garbage was not relayed through them.

I agree that VK isn't for nudity. But I don't find it offensive either. As I recall the post that initiated this discussion was about the identity of a TV, possibly a DuMont. There was no posting of a nude, only a warning that the link would take you to a photograph of a TV, that contained nudity.

Although I used to think TV in the late forties to early fifties was rather puritanical; after watching "Topper" episodes I was surprised to see how riské
they are.

John

[David Roper]

I found this picture of a soda fountain circa 1950 over on the Shorpy site. Above the counter is a brand spankin' new Philco 50T-1403...painted white??

[RitchieMars]

There's an interesting little set in the background of this picture of Johnny Cash.

[wa2ise]

Found a few more photos from the family album, here my grandma next to her Stromberg Carlson TV set. I remember that this set had two bands, channels 2-6 and the other 7-13, and it was continous tuning in those bands.



The B&W photo is dated Xmas 1959, the color photo 1960 or 61