Fresh, Out Of The Box…RCA TK11s

Fresh, Out Of The Box…RCA TK11s

This photo is thought to be a 1955 photo from the first days of television at The University of Iowa. New everything…how cool!

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15 Comments

  1. Kafka Kafka February 23, 2017

    Priceless !

  2. Albert J. McGilvray August 29, 2013

    @ John Maresca – I did the same thing. I also cut them out of the cardboard that my dad’s shirts came in.

  3. Paul Duca August 29, 2013

    Nothing like that new camera scent…

  4. Richard Wirth August 22, 2013

    I’d love to know how they were packed. Foam, bubble wrap and peanuts didn’t exist yet. But yet they still arrived in cardboard boxes!

  5. Bob Lefcovich August 21, 2013

    Reminds me of church services for WRBL in Columbus, Georgia, circa 1966.

  6. John Maresca August 20, 2013

    I would have loved to have one of these for Christmas! I used to draw them on paper when I was a kid along with the rest of the setup.

  7. Dave Kunkel August 20, 2013

    some assembly required.

  8. John Cooper August 20, 2013

    The hilarious thing is, if you think about the ergonomics of the Red One, Sony F55, Miro, and even the BMCC— it’s eerily similar…

  9. Dennis Gaffney August 20, 2013

    Just like Christmas

  10. Elaine Pitler August 20, 2013

    Looks familiar

  11. Brian Keith Read August 20, 2013

    I learned camera with one of these, still in use at U of Iowa when I went there, 1974…

  12. Albert J. McGilvray August 20, 2013

    “Save the boxes. We can ship them to Eyes of Generation in another 60 years.”

  13. Albert J. McGilvray August 20, 2013

    It’s Christmas!

  14. Steven Davis August 20, 2013

    This pre-dates today’s unboxing photos and videos!

  15. Bruce McGee August 20, 2013

    I bet they smelled good fresh out of the box!