Couple of pics from the museum

[grumpy]

Took the kids to see Santa at the Henry Ford museum today and snapped of a couple of pics that you may or may not like. Sorry cant tell you what they are but I'm sure you will probably know.

Grumpy

[Charlie]

That's a great bunch of pics. That Motorola on the right... that's my favorite of the b&w Motorolas. Looks like a CTC16 on the left. Who knows what color set on the far left is??? Sure looks like it has a good picture!

That's a good lookin kid there, Grump! She must get her looks from her mother!

[Kamakiri]

She's standing next to a '37 RCA console

[theblackknight]

The Sparton sled radio is a beauty!!!! Thankx 4 the pics.

Cheers, Henry

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by Charlie

Who knows what color set on the far left is??? Sure looks like it has a good picture!

That's an RCA B&W set, it's been colorized! Not a rare set so no big loss.
Couldn't they have fixed the grille cloth while they were at it??

[grumpy]

Those are hands on sets. The exhibit is very close to the kids part of the museum. Some bratty kid probably thought it would be fun to poke it in. Good thing they don't have a speaker exhibit with dust covers exposed..

[luvvinvinyl]

Charlie, Leah takes after Dave.

Amazing, isn't it, that a face that looks so cute on her looks so...

I think I'd better stop right there.

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by Eric H

That's an RCA B&W set, it's been colorized!

I thought the picture on that set seemed a little too good. Plus, it seems if you were going to go thru the trouble of reworkin the innards of a 15" color set, you'd at least touch up that speaker cloth!

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Eric H

That's an RCA B&W set, it's been colorized! Not a rare set so no big loss.
Couldn't they have fixed the grille cloth while they were at it??

Couldn't they at least turn down the color?

I've been there, and seen this, some years ago, but I can't recall if the center set also had new guts installed.
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I have a video about Herbert Hoover from his historical home, and they make a point of the fact that he was into the latest technology. They show off the color roundie he had in his office - but, it likewise has new guts installed, and pretty poorly too, so you can see a big gap between the bezel and the new picture tube.

[captainmoody]

They look the same as they did in '03, that RCA had the ripped speaker cloth back then!
I peeked into those sets at the time, and it looked like all of them had 27" color monitor chassis installed. Even the poor Zenith Panorama with the added base.

[Arkay]

Those are all beauties or cuties there, whether with four feet or two... I especially like the looks of the "sled" radio. Thanks for sharing the pics!

[wajobu]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

She's standing next to a '37 RCA console

That radio (next to the Grumpette, I presume ), is VERY similar to one that my parents have in their ol' fishin' cabin on Lake Champlain...long, medium and shortwave...last I knew it wasn't QUITE working, but I betcha with my friends here at AK, we could revive it!

[frenchy]

Originally Posted by Eric H

That's an RCA B&W set, it's been colorized! Not a rare set so no big loss.
Couldn't they have fixed the grille cloth while they were at it??

I was starting to think that, only 4 knobs on the front and a brighter picture than that much newer set on the right! No way would that old-looking of a roundie be that bright in that bright light.

[Carmine]

I understand and agree with the reasoning for "modernizing" the sets...

But god forbid a B&W set actually displays a B&W image!?

I'd rather get my history lesson from the curb!

[fujifrontier]

"from the curb?"