1956(?) DuMont
 

I've been scanning, archiving and restoring slides my dad took between the 50s and 60s. I came across this one, taken in 1960 of our living room, featuring the DuMont TV my parents got as a wedding present around 1956.

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment...1&d=1331746702

I wish I still had the TV, or at least knew the model number.

1956?
http://tvhistory.tv/1956-Dumont-RA356.JPG

Or perhaps 1958?

http://tvhistory.tv/1958-Dumont-RA400.JPG

Nice picture... do you have to color correct much from the old slides?

jr

PS: the DuMont 1956 brochure. also from the tvhistory site:

http://tvhistory.tv/1956-Dumont-Brochure.JPG

Our store which carried the DuMont/Emerson line (along with RCA) sold that model. It had option for UHF which could be installed by the dealer. I gave one to my mother, the exact model shown in your pic. Seems like '58 0r '59 though.

They could well have gotten it in 58 or 59 for all I know, Mom doesn't remember. I had to do quite a bit of tweaking on that slide, it had shifted a lot toward magenta, but I do photo restoration for a living, so I know a few good tweaks.

Here's a before and after:

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment...1&d=1331753228

The one of which i spoke had a nice real wood cabinet with mohogany finish. Looked just like the one in the pic, even to the removable legs to make it a table model.

WOW! good job! :thmbsp:

jr

This one had a maple finish, but I could kick myself for getting rid of it back in 1979. The picture tube had gone dim, and I didn't think it could be repaired.

Thanks!

Boy-Hidee ! Ain't THAT th' Truth !

Watched the Christmas eve Apollo 8 trip around the moon on that set at my mom's place.

I watched JFK's funeral on it when I was the same age as John-John.

Bog,

How about a simple primer on your restoration? Dad's slides are standing by for scanning.

New post for this would be best if allowed.

1. Take two semesters of Photoshop classes so you can know all the intricacies of the program.

2. Upgrade your computer so it has a minimum of 4GB of RAM, get a second hard drive of at least 2TB with 500GB sectored as a scratch disc for Photoshop. You'll need the space, a 35mm slide scanned at 6400 dpi runs around 140MB.

3. Get a top of the line scanner (I use an Epson Perfection V700 now, upgraded from the V500) and learn THAT software inside and out.

4. If you're archiving, scan the slides at around 6400dpi. This will make sure that the pixels are smaller than the grain, and it will also make sure you won't have to scan them again for a long time after technology improves. It takes an average of 7 minutes to scan a slide at that resolution,so be sure you have the time to spend.

Wow, I wouldn't have thought that there was any color information in the before image. Looks like a color tinted black and white picture.

Most of the 50s-early 60s Ektachromes look like that. It's not that they got redder, it's that the Cyans and Yellows faded, but if there's any information left there, it can be brought out with a lot of work and patience.

Did you crop this picture at all, or was the original like that? I ask because it's beautifully composed, and that diffuse lighting is gorgeous.