Television of the Day - April 3, 2008.

[Mycroft Holmes]

"TELECASTING TOMORROW ... TODAY!"

Good Housekeeping; March 1940.

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[glamour-girl]

i wish i could own a t.v. set like that, only in colour lol

 

[ScionPI2005]

i wish i could own a t.v. set like that, only in colour lol

Sounds good to me!

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's an RCA Victor TRK-12, from the looks of it -- the top of the line RCA television for 1939-40. It had a 12-inch screen, but the picture tube was so long it had to be mounted vertically in the cabinet -- thus the mirror in the lid which reflected the image from below.

This is also the most common surviving US prewar television set, "common" being a relative term of course. Surviving examples usually sell in the $6000-$10,000 range.

 

[scotrace]

Pardon my saying so, but that modern lass is a babe.


Mycroft Holmes, all the images are very cool - we'd love to have your own comments and contributions now and again, as well.

 

[The Wolf]

Am I the only one that thinks the model looks like Keira Kneightly?

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Flivver]

That's an RCA Victor TRK-12, from the looks of it -- the top of the line RCA television for 1939-40. It had a 12-inch screen, but the picture tube was so long it had to be mounted vertically in the cabinet -- thus the mirror in the lid which reflected the image from below.

This is also the most common surviving US prewar television set, "common" being a relative term of course. Surviving examples usually sell in the $6000-$10,000 range.

I've wanted an RCA TRK-12 ever since I learned of their existence when I was a teen-ager. With what they're worth today, I don't think it will ever happen!

But, one of my friends *does* own one...and it works too. He bought it off the curb on the old "Radio Row" in New York for $25 in 1954. When he demonstrates it, he feeds vintage programming into it with a VCR.

 

[ScionPI2005]

That's an RCA Victor TRK-12, from the looks of it -- the top of the line RCA television for 1939-40. It had a 12-inch screen, but the picture tube was so long it had to be mounted vertically in the cabinet -- thus the mirror in the lid which reflected the image from below.

This is also the most common surviving US prewar television set, "common" being a relative term of course. Surviving examples usually sell in the $6000-$10,000 range.

This isn't the first of this type that I have seen. Sure is strange though to watch your television through a mirror. The design sure is interesting though.