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Are these vintage television set ads from the '40s, '50s or '60s?
From TV size to picture quality, these ads from the '40s, '50s and '60s tried to maximize sales any way possible!
The box, the telly, the small screen, the TV. No matter what you call the thing that plays your favorite shows from MeTV everyday, there's no denying that television is a part of our everyday lives, and has been for decades and decades.
With as much television we consume on a daily basis, it's hard to believe there was a time when advertising for television sets was a relatively new topic. Today, we get emails, see social media ads and even see commercials on the TV, about the TV! At one point in time, advertisements for television sets were fairly simple, but competition started to heat up in the Forties.
We want to take you back to before, during and after the golden age of television, with these vintage ads! Can you guess what decade they're from?
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Are these vintage television set ads from the '40s, '50s or '60s?
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Woody Woodpecker - Woody
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7 of 12. I never knew television even existed in the '40s! My folks always had purchased used TV's from the classified ads in the newspaper when I was growing up, because they were expensive, so the sets we had were new to me!
" You got 7 out of 12" -----That score came out a little fuzzy... better try another quiz! I got 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 wrong.
5 out of 12.
8/12 Not bad, but I guess I could have tuned my rabbit ears in a little better.
Yup, I remember those well, and also fold pieces of tin foil on the ends of the antenna for better reception!!
11/12, got #11 wrong.
7/12
I never saw most of these. I was only reading comic books until 1959.
I never saw most of these. I was only reading comic books until 1959.
For some reason, tv sets didn't get advertised in comic books. Just seamonkeys and army men and life size submarines. And the ads where you could win hot items by selling subscriptions.
7 out of 12 My dad bought a color set in the late 60’s so that he and mom could watch Lawrence Welk in color on Saturday nights! 😖
Hahaha! Fuzzy score!
TV is SO old-fashioned...
TV is SO old-fashioned...
8/12; 2, 3, 6 and 12. Good quiz.
5. Easiest question because I've seen this ad so many times. Very memorable.
5. Easiest question because I've seen this ad so many times. Very memorable.
9/12
LOL! I got 4/12 No Signal Available! LOL!
Wow, 5/12. I thought I'd do better.
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What, Rear Window's being Svengoolied?
No. It's for Moody who is over in Italy and part of our MQ group. Though since you found it you can watch.
6 of 12 just passed the 1940 ads got me
# 12 is humorous. What was GE thinking, Advertising their product with the back panel removed and clearly sitting in front of it doesn't scream reliability. LOL
8 out of 12 :/
My father loved the remote control televisions of the 1970's. ME!!!
Isn't it the truth!
9/12.
7/12. 😜
If you watch the closing credits on The Honeymooners, you will see it was filmed using Dumont’s Electronicam system. The Dumont TV network started in 1942.
TRUE! They predated both ABC & CBS on TV! Sadly, a proposed merger with ABC fell through at the last minute!
I love that in the Honeymooners credits! DuMont T-V (sic).
But when ABC merged with the United Paramount Theaters in 1955, that's what saved them and put DuMont out of business. Leonard Goldenson, who turned ABC into the #1 network in the late 70's, was the one who commissioned the ABC-UPT merger.
By the way: vinyl record aficionados (like myself) can deduce the first name of ABC's record label from the merger of the two companies (ABC Paramount).
By the way: vinyl record aficionados (like myself) can deduce the first name of ABC's record label from the merger of the two companies (ABC Paramount).
Electronicam was the first version of a camera that recorded "live on film." That set the standard for some of today's shows ("Saturday Night Live," for example; when the show would go on hiatus for the summer, NBC would play a previously live show that was recorded on videotape simultaneously).
Yep, but Allen NEVER appeared on the Dumont network! He had a game show called Judge For Yourself and was a panelist on What's My Line until his death in 1956!