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old_tv_nut

12-19-2025 05:21 PM

Late 40s/Early 50s Radio/TV Store

Advertising postcard for State Wyde Radio and Television, Lyndhurst, NJ:

Can anyone identify the precise year of these sets?

Full size scans are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/old_tv...77720331017347

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bandersen

12-19-2025 05:59 PM

I'd say 1949. Rectangular started appearing in 1950-51

edison64

12-20-2025 06:48 AM

The postcard appears to be from 1949 as the radio TV console on the left hand side was a midline, admiral big 16 magic mirror TV, which was offered in 1949 and 1 of the first rectangle screens. If I remember right, I believe the model number started with a 29

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