Early Television Museum
Equipment Donations
The museum accepts donations of equipment, and your contribution may be tax deductible since we are a 501 c 3 non-profit foundation.
The following have generously made donations of equipment and other items to the foundation. We greatly appreciate their contribution to the preservation of early television history.
2013 Donations
| Larry Schramm | Rochester Hills, MI | RCA 17T150 TV set, Zenith posters |
| Robert Buchholtz | Columbus, OH | 1952 RCA console TV set |
| Alan Arikian | Mechanicsville, VA | 2 - RCA TRK-120 TV sets |
| Harold Cheyney | Columbus, OH | General Electric 17C107 TV set |
| David Wickliff | Croton, OH | Techtronix oscilloscope, vacuum tubes |
| Robert Lochtefield | Powell, OH | 2 - 40s and 50s TV sets, misc. manuals and magazines |
2012 Donations
| Robert Lochtefield | Powell, OH | 8 - 40s and 50s TV sets, misc. manuals and magazines |
| Roy Butler | Columbus, OH | RCA 1950s TV set |
| Todd Popp | Columbus, OH | Zenith Service Saver chassis |
| Barry Gibbons | Rosemont, CA | Misc. TV parts |
| Ron Sylvester | Hume, CA | Philco literature |
| Sean Barton | Sullivan, MO | Astatic booster, IT remote control |
| Norman Weimer | New Madison, OH | RCA CTC-11, Zenith 522GUI, Color test jig, Zenith porthole console |
| Arndt/Blain Family | Barrington Hills, IL | American Television 14T6 |
| Wayne Bretl | Grayslake, IL | Fab Color TV contest box |
| Bob Dobush | Wellington, OH | Brochures, tubes, misc. parts |
| Brian Gibbons | Rosemont, CA | Misc. parts |
| John McIlvoy | Houston, TX | Vacuum tubes, books |
| Terry Weber | St. Louis, MO | Artone 12" TV set |
| Terry Fyfe | St. Louis, MO | Hallicrafters 506 7" TV set |
| Mary Franz and Kyle McEwen | San Francisco, CA | Motorola suitcase 7" TV set |
| Tom Christovich | Baltimore, MD | Iconoscope, Image Orthicon and Vidicon camera tubes |
2011 Donations
| John Krueger | Hilliard, OH | Tube caddies with tubes and tools, tube tester, books |
| Henry Spohn | Hilliard, OH | Tube caddy and tubes |
| Carl Armon | Jamestown, CO | Motorola VT-71, Emerson 600, Hickok 660, Beltron 2972, RCA WR-59, Jerrold booster |
| Tony Squillante | Dublin, OH | Crosley 24-AV radio, tube caddy, test equipment, tubes, parts |
| Calvin Hill | Columbus, OH | Philco 50-T-1403, Philco 50-T-1404, RCA 9T246, Muntz M21, Hoffman 326, RCA 14-S-7071 |
| Bob Dobush | Wellington, OH | CBS 205 conversion kit box |
| Dave Claes | Akron, OH | DuMont RA-103 Doghouse |
| Tim Tress | Beaver Falls, PA | RCA TM-5 monitor |
| Betty Guerra | Pittsburgh, PA | RCA 648-PTK |
| Bruce Sunstein | Rockport, MA | RCA CTC-7, test equipment, misc. parts, Uniray parts, documents |
| Richard Diehl | San Jose, CA | A T & T Model 2 Picturephone |
| Chuck Azzalina | Perkasie, PA | Experimental IO type pickup tube, experimental prewar CRTS |
| Bernie Lechner | Princeton, NJ | Transvision 12 inch set with stand and documents |
| Robert Yocom | Columbus, OH | 150 TV tubes |
| James Cozart | Culpeper, VA | Lens for Gray Research Monitor |
| Mary Ann Kalin | Baltimore, MD | Muntz M21 |
| Bruce Posten | Agua Dulce, CA | Pictures of CRT rebuilding Plant |
| Mel Wunder | Lewisburg, PA | New RCA 5820 Image Orthicon |
| WTHI-TV | Terre Haute, IN | RCA transmitter console, GE transmitter console, 2 large studio lights, RCA camera pedestal model TD-1, Misc. transmitter waveguide |
| Michael Berke | Dublin, OH | Motorola VT71 TV set |
| Joan Antonello |
Ridgefield, NJ | Various television test instruments |
| Carl Armon | Jamestown, CO | RCA 8PC48 TV set. Philco 50-1149 TV set |
2010 Donations
| Roger & Arlene Johnson | Carmel, IN | Scott tabletop projection set |
| Bill Seabrook | Dunkirk, MD | RCA field intensity meter and antenna |
| David Corbitt | Whiting, NJ | Beitmans service manuals |
| Brad Ogilvie | Round Lake, IL | Tube caddy, RCA coil kit, misc. publications |
| Darryl Hock | Sterling Heights, IL | Meck XA-201, Silvertone color set |
| Brad Ogilvie | Round Lake, IL | Misc. publications, RCA replacement coil kit, tube caddy and tubes |
| Dick Malm | Denver, CO | RCA 21CT55, Motorola 7 inch tabletop, RCA developmental iconoscope, tubes, radio |
| Harry and Fran Mayo | Princeton, NJ | Andrea C-VL16 console TV set |
| Tom Tirpak | Glenview, IL | Admiral 19A1 tabletop TV set |
| Art Bielski | Chicago, IL | 18 1940s TV sets |
| Dr. Willis Hodges | Worthington, OH | RCA CTC-16 |
| Julia Smolka | Chicago, IL | Sivertone 10 inch tabletop TV |
| Scott Avitt | Des Moines, IA | Picture tube rebuilding plant |
| Jermey Linek | Columbus, OH | RCA Victor 6-T-74, misc. tubes and knobs. |
| Chuck Azzalina | Perkasie, PA | Developmental vidicon camera tubes |
| Adam Sayles | Mt. Lake, MN | Radio Craftsman RC-200, Sentinel 400-TV. Bel-Aire clock radio/TV |
2009 Donations
| Euclid Coukouma | Washington, DC | GPL projector, 2 - RCA TK10/11 camera heads, misc. other broadcast equipment |
| Celia and Eric Tazelaar | Princeton, NJ | DuMont Westminster |
| Michael Schultz | Durham, NC | Zenith Space Command 300 and remote, Sony 4" portable |
| Brian Burke | Ft. Wayne, IN | Motorola 1949 tabletop set |
| David Fox | Spencerport, NY | RCA T-100 with Norelco projection unit |
| Bill Isen and Brian Brown | Arlington, VA | Telekit 10A |
| Estate of William R. Ziegler | York, PA | FADA 930 (restored by John Horvath of Amptech Systems) |
| Chuck Azzalina | Perkasie, PA | Experimental camera and video storage tubes |
| Carl Simpson | Springfield, MO | Yagi Antennas |
| Gene Hamilton | Stillwater, OK | Motorola 19CK1 color television set |
| Larry Justice | New Alex, OH | 56 vintage sets for ETF auction, Motorola VT-106 |
| Susan Moody | Chesterhill, OH | Capehart 36C216M-5 color television set |
2008 Donations
| Albert Rill | Columbus, OH | Case containing numerous vacuum tubes, transistors, capacitors, etc. |
| David L and Hazel Brown | Belpre, OH | 1980 Zenith System 3 Computer Space Command 3500 TV set |
| Alan D'Aurora | Columbus, OH | Zenith B3006E 1959 television set with Space Command remote control |
| Roger Dreyfoos | Castro Valley, CA | Television picture tube rebuilding plant |
| Charline Glowitz | Monroe Twp, NJ | Stromberg Carlson TV-12 television set |
| Marilyn Herboltzheimer | Columbus, OH | Emerson model 644 television set with stand |
| Bob Hodge | Syracuse N.Y. | Cathode ray tubes |
| Walter Martin | Hilliard, OH | 1937 Zenith console radio |
| Mary Johnson | Downers Grove, IL | Cathode ray tube collection |
| Nolan Stephany | Webster, NY | Cameras and studio equipment |
| Marshall and Norma Prince | Lyons, CO | 1950 RCA Model 6-T-71 TV set |
| Darryl Hock | Sterling Heights, MI | 1956 Sentinel IU-816 color TV set, excellent condition, with good original 21AXP22 tube |