Du Mont 1945
Vintage Appliance Advertisements: Part Thirty-one
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Coolerator 1953
Easy 1928
Admiral 1968
General Electric 1941
General Electric 1958
Hardwick 1980
Hoover 1953
Kelvinator 1967
I wonder how large the screen was on this 1945 Dumont TV? From the photo in the ad it would appear to be at least 17” which would have been pretty big for the very early days of TV.
Most of the photos of the TV’s from the late 40’s look like the screens were only about 9” to 12”. The first TV I remember my family having was a Philco table model that sat on a table that swiveled and the screen probably was only about 15” if that big. I believe that my parents got it in late ‘51 or early ‘52.
I have a vague recollection of watching the Colgate Comedy Hour on that TV in about 1953. When we got a new RCA console TV in 1956 the old Philco went into my brother’s and my bedroom.
I when it went on the fritz I used to take the tubes out, mark them with numbered masking tape and also the sockets that they came out of and Mom would take me to Safeway where they had a tube tester and sold replacement tubes and I’d test the tubes in order to get the old Philco up and running again.
Eddie
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Stromberg-Carlson 1937
Stromberg-Carlson 1937
phillymatt53
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That Automatic Frequency Control (AFC) showed up on a few brands of their expensive sets.
RCA Victor was one of them.
It was a complex circuit design, but worked great - and when FM came around, that type of "station locking-anti-drift" system was used on them as well.
I've never had a Stromberg Carlson radio, but the elementary school I went to had a PA system by them. Their telephone division became Comdial, which is now Cortelco.
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In that ad above, the right chairside radio with the curved design is one that I restored for a customer, and I was impressed by it's performance.
The company lasted into the "stereo era" 1960s too....
Here's a record that I own of old songs, with a model standing next to one of their consoles.
Frigidaire 1952
Easy 1966
General Electric 1968
General Electric 1969
Gibson 1957
Hamilton Beach 1964
Hardwick 1952
Hoover 1960
Hotpoint 1956
Philco 1930
Montgomery Ward 1969
phillymatt53
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Those little reel to reel tape recorders are so cool.
They remind me of the original TV series "Mission Impossible" where the opening scene shows "Mister Phelps" getting his instructions from a recorder.
I managed to get my hands on one a few years ago, in perfect cosmetic condition, and had to do some minor repairs to it.
But now it's part of my collection, an ACME model 1500, and records and plays like new again.
I found out that it originally cost about $7.98 as a child's toy back in the early 1960s.
I even recorded one of the TV show's "Good morning mister Phelps" recordings on it to amuse people when they stop by.
Had one of those little recorders as a kid in thee 60s,IIRC it was green and cream color, had 3" reels. Odds are it's up in the attic somewhere. Later bought a large format RCA cartridge recorder and lastly a very nice
Sony 7" reel to reel.
Sony 7" reel to reel.
phillymatt53
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Nice!
That little Acme recorder also is a 3" reel toy.
I've had several "full size" stereo machines over the years.
Right now, I have an Akai 4000D, a compact sized RTR that plays impressively through my Technics system.
They are rugged machines with quality performance, and reliable too.
Even police departments used them due to their reliability.
AMC 1956
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