Early Television Foundation

Welcome to the Early Television Foundation and Museum Website

The Early Television Museum is located at 5396 Franklin Street in Hilliard, Ohio (614) 771-0510 info@earlytelevision.org

The 2008 Early Television Convention was held on May 2, 3 and 4 at the museum in Hilliard, Ohio. The convention will be available to view online soon.

Denis Asseman, mechanical TV enthusiast, dies of heart attack in England

The Early Television Museum and Foundation depend on donations to fund their operations. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the Early Television Foundation.

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The Early Television Foundation is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of television receiving and camera equipment from the early days of television. Click for recent equipment donations to the Foundation.

Recent Additions to our Collection. Click on image for more information.

RCA TJ-48 Mobile Television Van

Sparton 10B

RCA TM-21B Color Monitor

United States Television T-507

Saba P 1026 H

Sylvania 21C609

RCA 730TV1

In the Museum's Collection

Mechanical TV from 1928-1932	Early Picture Tubes
Electronic TV from 1936-1944	Early Television Antennas
American TV from 1945-1959	Early Television Accessories
British, European and South American TV - 1946 to 1962	Early Television Test Equipment
Early Color TV from 1950-1957	Advertising Items
Early Broadcast Equipment

This website contains other information on early television

Mechanical TV Set Gallery	Early Television Collectors
Early Electronic TV Set Gallery	DVDs, CDs, other items for sale
Early Color Set Gallery	Classified Notices for Early TV
Database of Surviving Mechanical Sets	Restoration of Early TV Sets
Database of Surviving Early Electronic Sets	How Much is Your Old Set Worth?
Database of Surviving Early Color Sets	Early Color Television Systems
Television during World War Two	Early Television History

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