Early 1950s Television Set

I took this photo in about 1955 in Eugene, Oregon (USA). I think we got the set in 1953. At first there was only a fuzzy UHF station 100 miles away (in Portland); later there was a local VHF station. The cables in the wall are for the UHF and VHF antennas which were on the same 40-foot mast on the roof.

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Romain [ apictureourselves.org ] says:

Nice !
the old, the ancestor of the new technlogy !
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gbaku says:

Thanks! I remember that the reception was pretty poor most of the time and it needed repairs often --- which required a professional. If something happened with one of the radios, I repaired it myself --- most of the time it just required going down to the local grocery store with the tubes and testing them until I found the one that was misfunctioning. I wonder what happened to all those tube-testers? I hope that at least some of them found their way into museums.
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Romain [ apictureourselves.org ] says:

good question. Maybe he work with satellite now,
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

gbaku says:

Here are the associated antennas:

Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

cupcake fan says:

Fantastic vintage set. I'm excited you used the CC license and have linked to your photo with attribution on my blog www.thepassivedad.com

Thank you,

Scott
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gbaku says:

Thanks for letting me know, Scott. Looks like a really interesting blog!
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