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Postwar Television

Television Sales and Repair Facilities

After the war, most radio repair shops expanded to include television. They were usually small, family run businesses. TV sets were sold by these shops and by department stores.

  • A. C. Radio & Television Co.- Red Bank, NJ
  • Advance Television - Milwaukee
  • American Appliance-TV Stores - Milwaukee
  • Baker TV Radio - Placerville, CA
  • Belle Furniture - Campbell, CA
  • Bill's Radio Supply, Conneaut, PA
  • B. G. M. Radio & Television - San Francisco, CA
  • Cobbs Radio & Television - Portsmouth, NH
  • Con's Music & Appliance, Browerville, WI
  • Crittendon's Radio and Television - Chicago
  • Eisenhour's TV, Goshen, OH
  • Emerson 1951 Dealer Showroom
  • Hager's Television and Radio Repair Shop, Napa, CA
  • Hamilton's - Stillwater, OK
  • Hampton Appliances - Television - New York, 1947
  • Hanson Television - Leesburg, FL
  • Independent dealer - location unknown
  • K Mart - location unknown
  • Lang Radio and TV Service - Boonville, MO
  • LaSalle-Koch Department Store - Toledo
  • Lee Radio & Television - Fremont, NE
  • Mann's Television & Radio - Ossining, NY
  • Marlboro Radio and Television
  • Milwaukee Television, Inc.
  • Miner Electronic Laboratories - Hammond, IN
  • North Hollywood Television and Radio
  • Orange Radio & Television Service
  • P. C. Richard and Son, Brooklyn, NY
  • Petruff Radio-Television, Miami
  • Professional Charges for TV Service
  • Radio & Television Hospital - Clarksdale, MS
  • Radio and TV Repair Shop of the 50's
  • Radio Laboratory
  • RCA National National Servicemen's Week poster
  • F. W. Stephenson Furniture Company, Mount Pleasant, TX
  • Wm. J. Stuebing, Glouchester, NJ
  • Sunset Appliance Stores, New York
  • Turks Radio & TV Service - Lishon Falls, ME
  • TV Repair Facility - San Antonio TX (?) ca 1950
  • Unidentified TV showroom - 1947
  • Wintermute Radio Service Shop - Plainfield, NJ

 


 
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