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Sunday 12-5

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Welcome to the Early Television Foundation and Museum

The Early Television Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of the technology from the early days of television. Our website's mission is to preserve and make available to the public the history of early television, from the mechanical systems of the 1920s through the introduction of color televsion in the 1950s. 

The 2012 Early Television Convention will be held May 4 - 6 at the Museum in Hilliard. If you have a presentation or demonstration you'd like to do at the convention, please contact us.

You can now register online for the convention

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.  Become a Friend of the Museum.

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

RCA TJ-48 Mobile Television Van

 

Bowers TC270-17

 

Baird Theatre Projection CRT

NTSC Drum Receiver

RCA Trinoscope

 

CBS 205

A T & T Model 2 Picturephone

In the Museum's Collection

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

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
Books and Publications about Early Television Early Television History
Television during World War Two Interviews and Television Shows featuring the Museum

 

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We welcome your comments and suggestions about our website. Please contact the Foundation at info@earlytelevision.org.

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