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1954 Television Advertising
1954 Admiral Dealer
Brochure (USA)
(168K) - All sets shown are B&W
1954 Crosley Sales Brochure
(USA)
(192K) - All sets shown are B&W
1954 - 1956 General Electric Television
Sets (USA)
(133K) - All sets shown are B&W (Partial List)
1954 Motorola Dealer
Brochure (USA)
(164K) - All sets are B&W
1954 Magnavox Dealer
Brochure (USA)
(224K) - 12" x 20", All sets are B&W
1954 Philco Dealer
Brochure (USA)
(224K)
(108K) - All sets are B&W
(128K)
1954 Capehart (Farnsworth) - 24" tabletop is $299.95 (Base extra cost)
(72K)
(55K)
1954 CBS-Columbia, Model 205C2 Color Television -- Full Door Console $1100, Open-Face
Console $1000, and table model $950, including Federal Tax and warranty.
(44K)
1954 CBS-Columbia, Model RX-90, 15 inch Color Television
(Courtesy Steve McVoy)
(100K)
1954 Philco Black & White Television - 21 inch
(164K)
1954 RCA - 17" B&W is $189.95, and the 21" B&W tabletop is $239.95
(176K)
1954 Sylvania - 40 new models, starting at $189.95 for 17" B&W
(43K) - Littlefuse Advertisement showing the "First Admiral Color TV set"
- (Courtesy Robert W. Stephens)
(300K) -- Admiral Model C1617A Color TV -- 15" Screen -- Tech Info
(Courtesy Pete Deksnis)
(132K) - RCA Advertising for 15GP22 Color Picture Tube -- (Courtesy
Robert W. Stephens)
(182K)
(40K)
RCA Developmental Color CRT No. C-73599 -- (Courtesy
Robert W. Stephens - CRT in his '54
Westinghouse set)
(432K) - 1960 General Electric Tube Price list shows the 15GP22 color picture
tube for a whopping $265.00 -- The only other color CRT listed was the 21AXP22A
for $160.00. Most other B&W CRTs were around $50.00.
Here are links to a suppliers of old tubes and manuals:
A. G. Tannenbaum Website
(Pa)

Vacuum Tubes, Inc
(Ohio)
ESRC Vacuum Tubes
(Florida) Electron
Tube Enterprises (Maine)

Antique Electronic Supply (Arizona)

Vacuum tube sets had about a 25-year post-war manufacturing run (1947 to
1972), before transistorized sets began to make their way into the American
marketplace. 1960 was the 'heyday' of tube sales. Tube-testers were
in most drug stores, and the public tried 'tube-testing' and replacement as a
way to cut-down on expensive house calls by TV technicians. By the way,
for those who may not be familiar, the European word for a vacuum tube is "valve".
Interesting sites:
How
a Vacuum Tube Works
Vacuum Tube Q&A
History & Development of Computers

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