1945-60
American Sets
Immediately after World War Two production of TV sets started in the
U.S. In 1946, only a few stations
were on the air, and broadcasting hours were very limited. By 1949,
almost all major cities had at least one station. At the end of 1946,
only 44,000 homes had a TV set; by 1949, there were 3 million TV
homes. By 1953, 50% of American homes had television.
In the late 40s, A T & T started building a microwave and coaxial
cable network to tie together TV stations in the U.S. By 1950, only a
small part of the country was interconnected, but by 1956, most
cities were linked to network programming.
There is a good selection of pictures of postwar American sets, along
with a lot of advertising material, at Television History - the
First 75 Years.
American Sets in our collection
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1945-46 Sets |
Belmont 21A21 |
DuMont RA-101 "Custom" |
Farnsworth 1945 Prototype
|
RCA 621 |
RCA 630
|
Telicon Projection
|
Transvision Kit |
Transvision Kit in cabinet
|
Transvision Kit in TeleKit cabinet
|
Viewtone VP100
|
1947 Sets |
Andrea T-VJ12 |
Crosley "Swing-a-View" |
DuMont
RA-102 "Clifton"
|
DuMont RA-103 "Chatham" |
DuMont
demodulator |
Fada TV-30
|
General Electric 801 |
General Electric 901 |
Motorola VT-105
|
RCA 641TS
|
RCA 648PTK
|
RCA 721TS |
RCA 721TCS |
RCA
730-TV1
|
Rembrandt (Remington) 1950 |
Sightmaster S-15 |
Stromberg
Carlson Console TV-12 |
Stromberg
Carlson Table Model TV-12
|
Telekit (Electro-Technical Industries) 7 Kit |
United States
Television T-507 |
United States
Television T-508
|
Videograph-Emerson
Telejuke
|
1948 Sets |
Admiral 19A11
|
Admiral 20X122 |
Airline 94GSE-3011B |
Airline 94GSE-3018A
|
Andrea TV-K12 |
Automatic TV-709 |
Capehart-Farnsworth 651-P |
Capehart-Farnsworth 661-P
|
Crosley 9-425 |
Emerson 610 |
Emerson 628
|
Garod 930-TV
|
General Electric 802 |
General Electric 803
|
Hallicrafters
T-54 |
Majestic 18C91
|
Motorola VT-71
|
Motorola 7VT-5B |
Motorola
9T1
|
Olympic RTU-3H |
Philco 48-1000
|
Philco 48-1001
|
Philco 48-2500
|
Pilot TV-37 |
Radio Craftsman RC-101 |
Raytheon-Belmont 7DX21 |
RCA 8-T-241
|
RCA 8-TR-29 |
RCA Berkshire |
Regal TV-1230
|
Sentinel 400-TV
|
Sightmaster Americana
|
Telekit 10A |
Teletone TV-220
|
Telindustries 1948 Prototype
|
Temple TV-1776
|
Tradiovision Model 13 |
Transvision 10 Inch Kit |
Videodyne 10-FM
|
Westinghouse H-196 |
Snaider Auditorium
|
1949 Sets |
Admiral 20X136
|
Ambassador 612
|
Automatic TVP490 |
Bendix 2020 |
Bendix 235-MA |
Crosley 9-403MA
|
DuMont RA-108 |
Electromatic 101
|
Emerson 608
|
Emerson 609
|
Emerson 611
|
Emerson 649
|
Fada 930 |
General Electric 800
|
General Electric 10T4 |
Grinnell
|
Hallicrafters 600
|
Homemade Projection
|
Homemade 1949 Set |
Meck XA-701
|
Motorola 10VT10
|
Motorola
VK-106
|
National Videometer
|
National TV-7W |
NRI Kit |
Phaostron P-18-C
|
Philco 49T-1150
|
RCA 9PC41 |
RCA 9T-246
|
Scott 800BT
|
Sparton 4940 |
Sparton 4951 |
Stewart Warner 9100A
|
Stromberg Carlson TC-18LX |
Teletone
TV-209 |
Zenith 28T92
|
1950-60 Sets |
Andrea C-VL16 |
DuMont Royal Sovereign
|
GPL PB-611 Projector |
Hallicrafters 511
|
Muntz 17A3A
|
Philco 50-701 |
Philco Safari
|
Raytheon C-1104
|
Raytheon M-1101 |
Raytheon M-1106
|
Philco Tandem Predicta
|
Sprayberry Kit
|
Zenith B3006E |
|
