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Baird

 

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T-5  (1936) 15 inch. Original Price 44 Gns. Click for sales brochure and drawings of the interior

 

 

 

T-11 (1937)

 

 

T-12 (1937) 15 Inch.

 

 

T-13 (1938) 15 inch. TV/Radio/Phono

 

 

 

T-14 (1937) 15 inch. Original price 130 Gns.

 

 

 

T-18 (1938) Original price 46 Pounds (Courtesy of Trevor Cass)

 

 

 

T-18C (1938)  Original price 44 Gns

 

 

 

T-19 (1938)  The sales catalog says:  "The CRT is mounted vertically in the cabinet and projects the picture through a lens which focuses the picture on to a mirror in the lid. From here the picture is thrown direct on to the viewing screen. The picture size is 18 by 15" high. A second screen giving a picture 24" by 19" high can be provided if required.Original price 150 Gns. (Information courtesy of David Boynes)

 

 

 

T-20 (1938) Original Price 40 Pounds (Courtesy of Dave Newman)

 

 

 

T-23 (1938) 15 inch. Original price 60 Gns.

 

 

T-24 (1939) Original Price 33 Gns.

 

 

T-25 (1939) Original Price 47 Gns.

 

 

 

     T-26 (1939) Original Price 40 Gns. Click here for postwar ad

 

 

 

T-27 (1939) Original Price 48 Gns. (additional 2 Pounds for oak finish)

 

 

T-28 (1939) Original Price 33 Gns.

 

 

1938 mirror in lid set with radio and phono. Original price 120 Gns.

 

 

John Logie Baird and a prewar prototype electronic set. Notice the strange CRT. It appears that the phosphor screen is on a plate inside the tube, possibly to make a flat, rectangular picture. 

(Courtesy of David Boynes)

 

 

1935 Prototype

 

 

 

1935 Mirror In Lid Prototype