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old_tv_nut

05-11-2012 05:48 PM

Early Color television advertisements

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First up is a 1954 ad from Liberty Music Shops for the Westinghouse color set:

old_tv_nut

05-11-2012 05:54 PM

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next is a 1959 RCA ad comparing color TV to your first taste of watermelon

Eric H

05-11-2012 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut (Post 3034997)

next is a 1959 RCA ad comparing color TV to your first taste of watermelon

But I hated Watermelon the first time I tasted it and still hate it today! :yes:

Jolly Rancher Candy excepted.

Einar72

05-11-2012 11:03 PM

I consider the invention of Jolly Rancher to be a milestone of some sort for the candy indudtry. Every time I smell that darned artificial watermelon flavor, fresh off the chemical tanker car, my mind goes back ti 1966 when the darned stuff hit the neighborhood Rexall.

But thanks for the pics!

reeferman

05-12-2012 08:37 PM

According to one inflation calculator $1295 in 1954 = $11,043.22 in 2012 dollars. But...it included installation to existing antenna! Sign me up.
The RCA ad is just plain ugly.
Thanks for sharing.
Phil

ChrisW6ATV

05-13-2012 03:58 PM

Thank you for posting the ads and press items.

DavGoodlin

05-15-2012 01:23 PM

Nice ads, thanks!

IIRC the Westinghouse was one of the very few CTC2 clones.

That RCA is a CTC10, right? Knobs back out front again.

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