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1945-60 American Sets

 

Immediately after World War Two production of TV sets started in the U.S. In 1946, only a few stations were on the air, and broadcasting hours were very limited. By 1949, almost all major cities had at least one station. At the end of 1946, only 44,000 homes had a TV set; by 1949, there were 3 million TV homes. By 1953, 50% of American homes had television.

In the late 40s, A T & T started building a microwave and coaxial cable network to tie together TV stations in the U.S. By 1950, only a small part of the country was interconnected, but by 1956, most cities were linked to network programming.

 

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American Sets in our collection

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 1945-46 Sets

 

 

Belmont 21A21

 

 

DuMont RA-101 "Custom"

 

 

 

Farnsworth 1945 Prototype

 

 

RCA 621

 

 

 

RCA 630

 

 

 

Telicon Projection

 

 

 

Transvision Kit

 

 

 

Transvision Kit in cabinet

 

 

 

Transvision Kit in TeleKit cabinet

 

 

 

 

Viewtone VP100

 

 

 

1947 Sets

 

 

Andrea T-VJ12

 

 

Capehart-Farnsworth 661-P

 

 

Crosley "Swing-a-View"

 

 

 

DuMont RA-102 "Clifton"

 

 

 

DuMont RA-103 "Chatham"

 

DuMont demodulator

 

 

Fada TV-30

 

 

 

General Electric 801

 

 

General Electric 901

 

 

Motorola VT-105

 

 

 

RCA 641

 

 

 

RCA 721

 

 

 

RCA 730-TV1

 

 

Rembrant (Remmington) 1950

 

 

 

Sightmaster S-15

 

 

 

Snaider Auditorium

 

 

 

 

Seeburg-Emerson Telejuke

 

 

United States Television T-507

 

 

United States Television T-508

 

 

1948 Sets

 

 

Admiral 19A11

 

 

 

Airline 94GSE-3011B

 

 

 

Airline 94GSE-3018A

 

 

Andrea TV-K12

 

 

 

Automatic TV-709

 

 

 

Crosley 9-425

 

 

 

 

Emerson 610

 

 

 

Emerson 628

 

 

 

Garod 930-TV

 

 

 

General Electric 802

 

 

General Electric 803

 

 

 

Hallicrafters T-54

 

 

Majestic 18C91

 

 

 

Motorola VT-71

 

 

 

Motorola 7VT-5B

 

 

 

Motorola 9T1

 

 

 

Olympic RTU-3H

 

 

Philco 48-1000

 

 

 

Philco 48-1001

 

 

 

Philco 48-2500

 

 

 

Pilot TV-37

 

 

 

Radio Craftsman RC-101

 

 

Raytheon-Belmont 7DX21

 

 

 

RCA 8-T-241

 

 

 

RCA 8-TR-29

 

 

 

Regal TV-1230

 

 

 

Sentinal IU-400

 

 

 

Sightmaster Americana

 

 

 

Teletone TV-220

 

 

 

Temple TV-1776

 

 

 

Telindustries 1948 Prototype

 

 

Videodyne 10-FM

 

 

 

 

Westinghouse H-196

 

 

1949 Sets

 

 

Admiral 20X136

 

 

Ambassador 612

 

 

 

Automatic TVP490

 

 

Bendix 2020

 

 

Bendix 235-MA

 

 

Crosley 9-403MA

 

 

 

DuMont RA-108 

 

 

Electromatic 101

 

 

 

Emerson 608

 

 

 

Emerson 609

 

 

 

Emerson 611

 

 

 

Emerson 649

 

 

 

General Electric 800

 

 

 

General Electric 10T4

 

 

Grinnell

 

 

 

Hallicrafters 600

 

 

 

Homemade Projection

 

 

 

Homemade 1949 Set

 

 

Motorola 10VT10

 

 

 

National TV-7M

 

 

 

National TV-7W

 

 

 

NRI Kit

 

 

Phaostron P-18-C

 

 

Philco 49T-1150

 

 

 

RCA 9PC41

 

 

RCA 9T-246

 

 

 

Sparton 4940

 

 

 

Sparton 4951

 

 

 

Stewart Warner 9100A

 

 

 

Stromberg Carlson TC-18LX

 

 

Teletone TV-209

 

 

 

Zenith 28T92

 

 

1950-60 Sets

 

 

DuMont Royal Sovereign

 

 

Hallicrafters 511

 

 

 

Muntz 17A3A

 

 

 

Philco 50-701

 

 

 

Raytheon C-1104

 

 

 

 

Raytheon M-1101

 

 

Raytheon  M-1106

 

 

Philo Safari

 

 

Philco Tandem Predicta

 

 

Sprayberry Kit

 

 

 

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