Just For Fun…1944 RCA Television Milestone Ad

If you know what you are looking for, you can see a lot of history in this RCA ad! At the very top, the small camera all the way left is THE RCA IMAGE ORTHICON PROTOTYPE CAMERA at Madison Square Garden with its picture being compared to the RCA Orthicon camera to the right. RCA sponsored and broadcast several events for servicemen in 1944 and sent the pix to local hospitals where veterans were recovering and to RCA in Princeton and Camden NJ, and to NBC at 30 Rock. The USO shows that RCA cosponsored were broadcast for wounded soldiers in the NY area hospitals that were watching on RCA donated receivers. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

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