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Television Set

Philco1950

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Richmond, United States

On April 22, 1948 WTVR-TV, the south’s first television station, signed on the air.  Located on West Broad Street in Richmond, the station’s broadcasting tower, sitting at 1,049 feet above sea level, soon became a local landmark.  In 1990, the original building was greatly expanded and modernized with larger news rooms, studio, and technology upgrades.

Philco, the Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, was a pioneer in early battery, radio, and television production as well as a former employer of Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the cathode ray tube television. Philco began marketing televisions in 1947 with its first consumer television set, the 1948 table Model 48-1000. This set had a 10 inch screen and sold for $395.

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  • Title: Television Set
  • Creator: Philco
  • Date: 1950
  • Location: Richmond, Virginia
  • Provenance: Gift of Miss Lydia Booth Sarvay in memory of her father Walter Duncan Sarvay, 1970
  • Type: Wood, metal, glass
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