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Year |
Make |
Model |
Origin |
Type |
Details |
Size |
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1946 |
RCA |
621 TS |
USA |
Table TV |
Iconic immediate post war TV, 7” screen |
19” x 16” |
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1946 |
RCA |
630 TS |
USA |
Table TV |
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26” x 14” |
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1947 |
Admiral |
30A125 |
USA |
Console TV |
Screen set proud from case |
17.5” x 3 4.5” |
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1947 |
DuMont |
RA101 Westminster |
USA |
TV combo radio & phono |
Magnificent large combination TV/radio/phonograph with large TV screen stored inside the case when not in use. DuMont typically made the most expensive televisions with the largest screens post war. |
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1947 |
Pye |
VF109 |
USA |
TV combo radio & phono |
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1947 |
Transvision |
10A |
USA |
Console TV |
Home construction |
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1947 |
DuMont |
RA 103 |
USA |
Table model TV |
Colloquially known as the “dog house” |
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1947 |
Fada |
999 |
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Table TV |
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1947 |
General Electric |
901 |
USA |
TV projection combo radio/phono |
Superb TV projection set combination |
46.5” x 42” |
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1947 |
Pilot |
TV37 |
USA |
Table TV |
Famous $99 TV with a 3” screen, Smallest screen on sale in USA |
14.5” x 9” |
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1947 |
Pilot |
TV37 |
USA |
Table TV with magnifier |
The 3” screen was enlarged to a magnificent 5” |
14.5” x 9” |
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1947 |
RCA |
8TS30 |
USA |
Table TV |
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1947 |
RCA |
648PV |
USA |
Projection TV combo radio/phono |
Magnificent “top of the range” combination |
36” x 39” |
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1947 |
RCA |
721TS |
USA |
Table TV |
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1947 |
RCA |
741PCS |
USA |
Console projection TV |
Very impressive iconic design, Rare example |
42” x 58” |
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1948 |
Admiral |
7845 |
USA |
Console TV |
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1948 |
Crosley |
307-TA |
USA |
Table model TV |
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26” x 14” |
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1948 |
Ekco |
TS88 |
UK |
Table model TV |
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15” x 18” |
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1948 |
Emerson |
628 |
USA |
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1948 |
Fada |
TV125 |
USA |
Table TV |
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26” x 14” |
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1948 |
Fada |
880 |
USA |
Projection Console TV |
Projection televisions made up less than 4% of the US market |
31” x 45.5” |
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1948 |
Firestone |
13G33 |
USA |
Portable TV |
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9” x 16” |
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1948 |
Fisher |
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USA |
Projection combo TV/radio/phono |
Magnificent rare projection television combination |
41” x 38” |
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1948 |
Hallicrafters |
514 |
USA |
Suitcase portable TV |
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1948 |
Motorola |
VK106M |
USA |
Console TV |
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20” x 34” |
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1948 |
Motorola |
VK101R |
USA |
Console TV |
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22” x 40” |
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1948 |
Motorola |
VT73A |
USA |
Table TV |
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1948 |
Philco |
48-1001 |
USA |
Table TV |
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1948 |
Premier |
TV kit |
UK |
Table model TV |
Home construction kit, 6” screen |
12.5” x 32.5” |
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1948 |
RCA |
8-T-241 |
USA |
Table TV |
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22” x 15” |
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1948 |
Sentinel |
405TVM |
USA |
Portable TV |
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11’ x 18” |
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1948 |
Silvertone |
9111 |
USA |
Portable TV |
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9” x 16” |
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1948 |
Transvision |
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USA |
Console TV |
Home construction in factory case. Blue screen considered to produce less ‘glare’. |
30” x 45” |
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1948 |
Zenith |
G2355 |
USA |
Console TV |
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23” x 35.5” |
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1948 |
Admiral |
19A11 |
USA |
Table TV |
Made in Bakelite |
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1948 |
Admiral |
20X122 |
USA |
Console TV |
Made in Bakelite this is one of the largest Bakelite moulded pieces ever made. The huge press used to make the case was originally ordered by the USSR but its export was banned as relations between the USA and the Soviet Union deteriorated after WWII and the impounded equipment was sold to Admiral. |
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1948 |
Airline |
94GSE3015A |
USA |
Portable TV |
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10” x 17” |
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1948 |
Capehart-Farnsworth |
661P |
USA |
Console TV |
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19” x 42” |
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1948 |
Hallicrafters |
T54 |
USA |
Table TV |
Hallicrafters primarily manufactured specialised radios for the military and the amateur radio community. For this television the company hired the prominent industrial designer Raymond Loewy. Made in a steel case it was unusual at the time with push button channel changers |
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1948 |
Motorola |
9VT1A |
USA |
Table TV |
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11” x 15” |
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1948 |
Motorola |
9T1 |
USA |
Table TV |
Bakelite |
20” x 10” |
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1948 |
Motorola |
TS18 |
USA |
Suitcase Portable TV |
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1948 |
National |
TV7 |
USA |
Table TV |
Metal case |
20” x 10” |
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1948 |
Philco |
48-1000 |
USA |
Table TV |
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18” x 11” |
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1948 |
Philco |
48-700 |
USA |
Table TV |
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1948 |
Philco |
48-2500 |
USA |
Console Projection TV |
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16” x 9.5” |
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1948 |
RCA |
8PCS41 |
USA |
Projection TV |
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36” x 39” |
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1948 |
Scott |
6T11 |
USA |
Table projection TV |
This may be the only table model projection TV made in the 1940s |
25” x 14” |
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1948 |
Sentinel |
405TVB |
USA |
Portable TV |
|
10’ x 17” |
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1948 |
Sentinel |
400TVA |
USA |
Portable TV |
|
10” x 17” |
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1948 |
Stewart Warner |
9199-B |
USA |
Console mirror lid |
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1948 |
Stromberg Carlson |
TC10H |
USA |
Table TV |
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20” x 14” |
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1948 |
Teletone |
TV149 |
USA |
Table TV |
7” screen |
18” x 11” |
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1948 |
Transvision |
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USA |
Table TV |
Home construction in factory case |
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1948 |
Zenith |
H2438R |
USA |
Console TV |
|
24” x 37” |
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1949 |
Air King |
1001-A |
USA |
Console TV |
|
26” x 34” |
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1949 |
Crosley |
9-403M |
USA |
Table model TV |
|
20.5” x 13.5” |
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1949 |
Emerson |
639 series |
USA |
Table TV |
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1949 |
Emerson |
644 series |
USA |
Table TV |
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1949 |
GEC |
BT1091B |
UK |
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20” x 12” |