Memory Lane…Debut Ads For Some Of TV’s Most Memorable Shows
Thanks to Maureen Carney, here are some classic newspaper ads for the debuts of some shows that went on to make history. Enjoy! -Bobby Ellerbee
These Photos Unlocks Some Mysteries! If you ever wondered what happened to NBC’s “Felix The Cat” mechanical camera after tests were concluded in 1932, here’s the answer. It was on display at the RCA Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. In the diagram, we see it in the Museum being displayed along […]
Guess What This Door Used To Be… Here’s a clue: in the 50s, people lined up here to see the most famous of all television shows. Source
December 24, 1948…Perry Como & NBC Studio 6A Debut Together Como had been the Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening host of “The Chesterfield Supper Club” on NBC Radio since December of 1945. On Christmas Eve of 1948, the radio show was simulcast from NBC Studio 6A where his radio show had always come from, BUT…this […]
RCA introduces television’s first workhorse…the TK30 Image Orthicon Camera…in a multi-page article. This was the first IO camera, the first camera with a rotatable lens turret, and the first to be mass produced. Many of these cameras were in use all the way up to the time that color finally took over in 1965. On […]
Thank you for sharing these…they are so nice to see.
Thank you, Maureen. Very nice collection.
Neat stuff. Thanks Bob.