Surviving Early Electronic TV Set Database
Our American database is comprehensive. However, our British and European databases are incomplete. If you have information on the location of any prewar TV sets, please contact us. All information will be kept in confidence. We will post only the quantity of each type of set on this website.
Sets added in 2005 2006 2007 and 2008
American Electronic Sets
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Manufacturer |
Model Number |
Verified (museums) |
Verified (collectors) |
Reported |
| Andrea | 1-F-5 |
4 |
13 |
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| 2-F-12 |
1 |
1 |
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| 8-F-12 |
2 |
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| KT-E-5 |
3 |
6 |
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| Bell and Howell | 1944 Projection Console |
1 |
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| Don Lee | 9" | 1 |
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| 12" | 1 |
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| 12" Mirror in Lid | 1 |
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| DuMont | 180, 180X |
4 |
3 |
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| 181, 181X | 1 |
2 |
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| 183, 183X | 4 |
2 |
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| 190 | 1 |
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| 195 | 1 |
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| Emerson | 304 |
1 |
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| General Electric | 90 |
1 |
1 |
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| 7" Prototype |
1 |
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| GM-295 |
1 |
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| HM-171 | 5 |
13 |
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| HM-185 | 1 |
4 |
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| HM-225 | 4 |
4 |
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| HM-226 | 3 |
1 |
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| HM-275 |
2 |
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| Meissner | 10-1153 Kit | 3 |
9 |
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| 10-1153 Kit in cabinet | 1 |
2 |
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| Philco | 12" Mirror in Lid |
1 |
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| 10" Direct view 1939 model | 1 |
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| 10" Direct view 1941/42 model |
1 |
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| 7" 1940 vision only table model |
1 |
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| RCA | 1932 Field Trial |
1 |
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| RR-359 9" | 1 |
1 |
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| RR-359 9" (Russian version) | 1 |
1 |
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| RR-359B 12" | 7 |
4 |
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| TRP-9 | 1 |
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| TT-5 | 6 |
12 |
1 |
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| TRK-5 | 6 |
7 |
2 |
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| TRK-9/90 | 5 |
7 |
1 |
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| TRK-12/120 | 16 |
44 |
2 |
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| Lucite TRK-12 | 1 |
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| Sears/Silvertone | 126-214 (TT-5) |
1 |
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| TRK-5 | 1 |
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| 7270 (TRK-12) |
1 |
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| Sparton | 10-BL |
1 |
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| Stromberg-Carlson | 112-ML | 1 |
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| Westinghouse | WRT-700 (TT-5) | 1 |
1 |
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| WRT-701 (TRK-5) | 2 |
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| WRT-702 (TRK-9) | 1 |
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| WRT-703 (TRK-12) | 1 |
2 |
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| Zenith | 12" Mirror in Lid |
1 |
1 |
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| 12" Mirror in Lid - Blonde |
1 |
|
Total |
97 |
153 |
7 |
British Electronic Sets
|
Manufacturer |
Model Number |
Verified (museums) |
Verified (collectors) |
Reported |
| Baird | T-5 | 1 |
5 |
1 |
| T-14 |
1 |
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| T-18 |
2 |
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| T-18C | 1 |
1 |
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| T-20 |
1 |
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| T-23 | 2 |
3 |
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| 12" 1938 Model |
1 |
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| Cossor | 54 | 1 |
8 |
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| 137T | 1 |
4 |
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| 437T |
2 |
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| 1210 | 3 |
4 |
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| Ekco | TA-201 | 1 |
5 |
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| TS-701 |
2 |
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| Ferranti | 9 inch (chassis only) | 1 |
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| GEC | BT-0070 |
1 |
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| BT-3701 | 1 |
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| BT-8090 | 1 |
|
1 |
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| BT-9121 |
2 |
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| HMV | 900 | 3 |
11 |
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| 901 | 1 |
3 |
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| 902 | 2 |
6 |
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| 903 |
1 |
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| 904 | 3 |
10 |
1 |
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| 905 | 3 |
7 |
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| 907 | 1 |
5 |
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| 1800 | 1 |
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| 1850 |
1 |
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| Invicta | TL-4 |
1 |
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| TL-5 |
1 |
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| Marconi | 701 | 1 |
3 |
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| 702 | 1 |
6 |
1 |
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| 703 |
6 |
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| 704 |
1 |
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| 705 | 1 |
6 |
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| 706 | 1 |
6 |
2 |
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| 707 | 1 |
14 |
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| 709 | 1 |
5 |
2 |
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| 9 inch MIL 1937 prototype |
1 |
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| Murphy | A42V | 2 |
5 |
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| A56V |
4 |
1 |
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| A58V | 1 |
4 |
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| V84 | 1 |
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| Pye | 815 | 1 |
4 |
1 |
| 817 | 3 |
1 |
1 |
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| 819 |
1 |
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| 838 |
2 |
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| 843 | 1 |
1 |
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| 4043 |
1 |
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| 4046 |
1 |
|||
| 12C |
1 |
|||
| RGD | 382-RG | 1 |
1 |
1 |
| 392-RG |
1 |
|||
| Truphonic | 12 inch |
1 |
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| Ultra | T20 |
2 |
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| Unknown/Home made | ? |
1 |
|
Total |
43 |
161 |
18 |
European Electronic Sets
|
Manufacturer |
Model Number |
Verified (museums) |
Verified (collectors) |
Reported |
| Allocchio Bacchini | 1939 Model | 1 | ||
| Blaupunkt | DE-6R (made by Fernseh A. G.) | 1 | ||
| D. S. Loewe | FE-A | 1 | ||
| FE-B | 1 | |||
| Emyradio | 95 | 2 | ||
| Fernseh A. G. | DE-6 | 4 | ||
| DE-9 | 1 | |||
| Grammont | 1939 Model | 1 | ||
| Lorenz | Modell 35 | 1 | ||
| Philips | 1935 Prototype | 1 | ||
| Radiomarelli | RV-175 | 1 | ||
| RV-800 | 1 | |||
| Telefunken | FE-III | 2 | 1 | |
| FE-IV | 2 | |||
| FE-V | 1 | |||
| FE-VI | 4 | 1 | ||
| Unknown | 1933 Prototype | 1 | ||
| Victor | ? | 1 | ||
| Volkfernseher | E1 |
5 |
1 |
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Total |
26 |
9 |
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