ETF - Home Page

Welcome to the Early Television Foundation and Museum Website

The 2010 Early Television Convention will be held April 23, 24 and 25. Mark your calendars.

The 2009 Early Television Convention was held May 1, 2, and 3 at the museum in Hilliard, Ohio.

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.

The Early Television Foundation is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of television receiving and camera equipment from the early days of television. Click for recent equipment donations to the Foundation.

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

RCA TJ-48 Mobile Television Van

RCA Berkshire

Thomson-CSF Microcam

Sentinel IU-816

RCA one gun developmental color CRT

Motorola 19CK1

Tradiovision Model 13

In the Museum's Collection

Mechanical TV from 1928-1932	Early Picture Tubes
Electronic TV from 1936-1944	Early Electronic TV Antennas
American TV from 1945-1959	Postwar Television Antennas
British, European and South American TV - 1946 to 1962	Early Television Accessories
Early Color TV from 1950-1957	Early Television Test Equipment
Early 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

See the Early Television Museum on the History Channel

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

You can now search this website using the search engine below:

Through September 1, 2002, 52,200 visitors have seen this site. Since then,