help identifying set

[azbigsam]

Anyone know who the maker of this set might be? Contacted the owner and he doesn't see any identification on it.

Thanks in advance.

[David Roper]

Appears to be a post-porthole era Raytheon.

[jr_tech]

Real close to this Airline:
http://tvhistory.tv/1951-Airline-05BR3027A.JPG
I checked Photofact (set 150, folder 3, dated 11-51) and it appears to have the same layout, including the two transformers mounted near the back edge of the chassis, 5U4 on the left, HV on the right.

jr

[Eric H]

Definitely Raytheon built, I have a similar model but with a more Trapezoidal cabinet, and also no identifying marks, that someone identified as a Truetone (Western Auto Stores).

Actually from this angle my set looks square also, but it is about two inches narrower at the top than the bottom.

[jr_tech]

Interesting! Photofact 161, folder10 (3-52) shows a Truetone with the the same chassis layout as the Airline that I posted about above. Again they show a rounded top version, but list other models.

Roundtop=2d2043a
Others=2d1091, 2d2047b

Wonder how many other "store brand" TVs are the same Raytheon-built set?

jr

[Captain Video]

Now, seeing the pictures of that set brought me back some memories... when I was maybe seven years old I saw a TV that looked like that one ( as far as I can remember ) abandoned in the sidewalk, ready to be picked-up by the garbage truck... I lived in Rio de Janeiro at that time. I remember that I really wanted to save that TV from destruction... I've got the "bug" of vintage TV collecting since that time!

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by David Roper

Appears to be a post-porthole era Raytheon.

Weren't Belmont sets also built by Raytheon?

[John Folsom]

I have a Raytheon Belmont set.... don't know when the names split. Were they different companies, or just marketing names?

[Eric H]

I know Raytheon built sets for Wards (Airline), Truetone (Western Auto) and Stewart Warner.

[azbigsam]

Eric,

Is your set a 12" crt?